The Iraqi authorities must immediately launch an independent investigation into reports that Iraqi troops killed and injured residents of a camp for Iranian exiles north of Baghdad in an unprovoked...

Responding to the death yesterday of the influential business and human rights figure Sir Geoffrey Chandler CBE, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Sir Geoffrey was a towering figure...

At least 171 people are believed to have been killed during three weeks of unrest in Syria, Amnesty International said today after at least eight more fatalities during protests. Thousands of unarmed...

In response to the news that West Yorkshire police admit to losing a Taser electroshock weapon, Amnesty International has produced a response: Amnesty International’s UK Arms Programme Director Oliver...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...