Reckless and illegal arms supplies from Europe, Africa and China to the warring parties in Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) over the past decade continue to fuel grave human rights abuses and violent crime...

Prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa must be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International said after she was denied bail in a court appearance today. Mtetwa was arrested on...

Amid reports Bosco Ntaganda, leader of a notorious armed group the M23 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has handed himself over to the US Embassy in Rwanda, Amnesty International has experts...

UK has key role to play in vital talks Spokesperson available on request The time has come for world leaders to address the poorly regulated global Arms that fuels grave human rights abuses of tens of...

The first execution in Indonesia in more than four years is a shocking and regressive step, Amnesty International said today as it urged the government not to follow through on promises to put more...

US President Barack Obama must take the lead in securing a strong global Arms Treaty, a group of 18 Nobel Peace Prize winners said in an open letter delivered to their fellow laureate at the White...

Nine government cluster bombs used on housing estate earlier this month Opposition forces are dumping bodies in a ‘hole of death’ in Damascus Within the past fortnight Syrian government forces have...

United Kingdom’s top young journalists and photographers named Amnesty International today unveiled the top ten in each of the categories for its Young Human Rights Reporter competition. Around 2,500...

Amnesty International today called for an immediate halt to amputations as punishment in Sudan after the country’s Deputy Chief Justice threatened to train judges to cut off convicted criminals’ hands...