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Azerbaijani authorites target opposition rally leaders

The Azerbaijani authorities must halt a campaign of intimidation against opposition leaders that has seen activists detained and allegedly beaten by police following anti-government protests, Amnesty...

Cambodia: Withdraw flawed draft NGO and association law

Revised Draft Does Not Address Rights Concerns Cambodia’s draft law regulating associations and non governmental organisations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote...

Libya: two British businessmen in secret detention after officials raid house in Tripoli

Amnesty International is calling on the Libyan authorities to immediately reveal the whereabouts of four men - including two British nationals - who are being held in secret after being arrested in...

Mexico must urgently investigate mass grave

Amnesty International today urged the Mexican authorities to conduct a full, independent and effective investigation into the deaths of 59 people, whose bodies were found in mass graves yesterday on a...

Serbia: Roma housed in metal containers and segregated after forced evictions - New report

Roma families in Serbia have been left housed in metal containers in segregated settlements, or returned to poverty and inadequate housing in southern Serbia, following an increasing series of forced...

Belfast pupil shortlisted for national Amnesty writing award

Natasha Kelly in running for Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year A Belfast pupil was shortlisted today for Amnesty International’s Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year award. Natasha Kelly, 11...

Goldstone: Israel's 'cynical' efforts to avoid accountability for Gaza war crimes must be rejected

Recent Israeli government calls for the UN to retract the 2009 report of its Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict are a cynical attempt to avoid accountability for war crimes and deny both...

Italy violated torture ban during Tunisia deportation

Italy’s human rights record has been dealt another blow, Amnesty International said today, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled it had violated the ban on torture and other cruel, inhuman or...

Lisburn pupil shortlisted for UK Amnesty writing award

Christina Cargill in running for Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year A Lisburn pupil was shortlisted today for Amnesty International’s Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year award. Christina...

Zimbabwe: Mass grave bodies must be exhumed by forensic experts

Hundreds of bodies found in a mass grave in Zimbabwe may never be identified unless professional forensic experts carry out the exhumations, Amnesty International warned today. Bodies recently...