Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release the lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who is at risk of execution by stoning, if they...

Amnesty International has urged the Ukraine authorities to stop the harassment of a trade union activist who remains in hiding after a court ordered him to undergo a forced psychiatric examination...

A new Amnesty report will be launched in Jakarta on Thursday 4 November and will detail the fatal consequences of denying access to sexual health services for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights...

Singapore’s conviction of the author Alan Shadrake, for contempt of court will further stifle freedom of expression and legitimate criticism of the Singaporean judiciary, Amnesty International said...

Amnesty International has condemned as a war crime Sunday’s attack on a Catholic church in Baghdad by an armed group, in which about 100 worshippers were taken hostage and more than 40 then killed as...

A new project by visual artist Tamsyn Challenger featuring nearly 200 exceptional artists including Tracey Emin, Paula Rego, Swoon, Maggi Hambling and Humphrey Ocean will be unveiled at a London...

A summary of key Amnesty International human rights concerns on Yemen: Unfair trials and prisoners of conscience In recent years hundreds of people in Yemen have been jailed after unfair trials. Those...

Amnesty International is calling on the Egyptian authorities to release or charge all detained supporters of opposition groups ahead of next month's parliamentary elections, following a new wave of...

Amnesty International is calling on the Italian authorities to investigate urgently whether 68 people rescued at sea and then forcibly returned to Egypt within 48 hours were given the opportunity to...

Plans for urban development of waterfront areas in the Rivers State capital of Port Harcourt, Nigeria are being developed at the expense of making more than 200,000 people homeless, warns Amnesty...