Following the announcement that The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International commented:...

The proposed introduction of compulsory ‘medical tests’ to bar migrant workers deemed homosexual or transgender from entering Kuwait and other Gulf countries, is outrageous and should be rejected out...

30-page briefing released to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty

Responding to the announcement today that the Northern Ireland Executive is to open a Northern Ireland Bureau in Beijing, Amnesty International has called on Ministers to use the office to raise...

Photo posted to Facebook could lead to five-year jail term for 15-year-old The authorities in Morocco must immediately and unconditionally drop charges against three teenagers arrested for kissing and...

New campaign comes a week after Herman Wallace’s death Following the death last week of the “Angola 3” prisoner Herman Wallace, Amnesty International has launched a campaign for the release of his...

Long-unavailable footage features music icons like Bruce Springsteen and Miles Davis

‘It fits very well with the government’s aggressive and heavy-handed efforts to silence any dissent over the past years’ - Polly Truscott Sri Lanka’s reported decision to ban all protests in its...

‘Confessions’ obtained under torture … make it very likely that innocent people have been put to death in Iraq’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The Iraqi authorities must immediately halt all executions...

‘Failure to bring to justice those responsible for sectarian attacks sends the message that Copts and other religious minorities are fair game’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The authorities in Egypt are...