‘The IOC must take the Russian leadership to task over its blatant violations of human rights in the context of the Games’ - Salil Shetty

‘Amnesty International considers the women prisoners of conscience … It is baffling that they now may face life in prison’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

‘It is shocking that it took an outcry from human rights groups for this postponement to happen’ - Isabelle Arradon

100 men on the words that move them - with Simon Russell Beale, Melvyn Bragg and Ian McEwan - Tuesday 29 April, 6pm

‘For Malaysia to try to carry out executions in near-total secrecy is shameful’ - Hazel Galang-Folli

American Indian Movement’s fatal clash with FBI agents led to Peltier’s conviction despite ‘serious concerns’ over fairness

Amnesty International has welcomed today’s United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child report on The Holy See and children’s rights, saying that it should prompt action from Stormo

The Russian authorities this morning sentenced environmental activist Igor Kharchenko to five days in detention for allegedly “resisting legitimate police orders”, Amnesty International said as it named him the…

‘The Haass proposals are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deal with the past by delivering truth and justice for victims’

The re-arrest today of yet another environmentalist in Russia’s Krasnodar region, where the Sochi Winter Olympic Games will open on Friday, is more evidence of efforts to silence dissenting voices and clamp down on…