‘It is time for the authorities to come clean about who is being held for acts of protest and on what basis’ - Philip Luther A year after the planned "Day of Rage" demonstration in Riyadh, at least...

‘The “virginity tests” trial is a rare opportunity for Egypt’s military to signal that torture by the army does not go unpunished’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The final session of the trial of an Egyptian...

The arrest of Joseph Kony, a prominent leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), must be carried out in accordance with human rights standards, Amnesty International said today following the massive...

Letter to Peers from Amnesty, Oxfam and CAFOD (PDF) Corporate Responsibility Coalition briefing on the Legal Aid Bill reforms strong> (PDF) Blog post: 'No win, no fee: no fee no case' /li> Changes to...

First Lady’ video campaign on Asma al-Assad in Syria also launched Ahead of International Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s Rights Day (8 March) Amnesty International has...

Maldives police and military forces responded with excessive force against a peaceful rally backing the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) today, said Amnesty International. At least six protesters were...

Following the decision to delay today’s appeal hearing of Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, Amnesty International reiterated its call to the Cameroonian government to repeal all laws criminalising consensual...

35 OF THE WORLD’S MOST TALENTED ENTERTAINERS STAND UP FOR FREE SPEECH Amnesty International today announced its line-up of 35 of the world’s most talented comedians and musicians who will stand up for...

Reacting to the news that Indian government officials are considering a boycott of the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Games in protest at the sponsorship of the stadium wrap by Dow...

The Moldovan government should reverse a move by four local councils effectively to ban outright demonstrations by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, Amnesty...