The conviction of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on charges of ‘sodomy’ should be quashed, Amnesty International said today.

Amnesty International is highlighting major human rights concerns in Colombia ahead of parliamentary elections in the country on Sunday (9 March).

Responding to media reports that Azerbaijan is set to host a Formula 1 Grand Prix, Amnesty International UK’s director Kate Allen said:

‘By all accounts, this violent attack appears to have been premeditated by an organised group’ - Sergei Nikitin

Amnesty International is extremely concerned about new statistics which show Taser use against children by the Metropolitan Police has risen nearly six-fold over four years.

Last night’s release of Jabeur Mejri, a prisoner of conscience who spent two years in prison for publishing online articles and cartoons deemed offensive to Islam, is long overdue and must be

Thousands of people forced to flee the violence in the Central African Republic are now facing another humanitarian disaster in neighbouring Chad, Amnesty International said today.

A law proposed by the European Commission on responsible sourcing of minerals is not strong enough to prevent European companies from effectively financing conflict or human rights abuses, campaign

Following a year of extreme violence across Somalia, Amnesty International is calling on the UN Security Council to restore a full arms embargo on Somalia to stop the rise in insecurity, violence a