Petition to US embassy demands resolution in Shaker Aamer case Amnesty International will take a 20,000-strong petition addressed to US president Barack Obama to the US embassy in London later this...

Britain’s youngsters have just a few days left to enter the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. The competition aims to find the young reporters and photographers of tomorrow and is...

Reports by Zimbabwean state media that a new hangman has been appointed raises grave fears that the country may be preparing to start executions again after a seven-year hiatus, Amnesty International...

A 20-year-old woman has become the latest victim of sorcery-related killings in Papua New Guinea. Kepari Leniata was brutally murdered after being accused of using witchcraft to kill a young boy. She...

The Burmese government’s decision to form a committee to review political prisoner cases is a step in the right direction but the review needs to have a much wider reach, Amnesty International has...

The Azerbaijani authorities must release two opposition leaders who are facing trumped-up charges of organising rioting in what appears to be a politically-motivated prosecution, Amnesty International...

‘The Tunisian authorities should be under no illusion that they can condemn the killing and move on’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The killing of Tunisian opposition politician Chokri Belaid, outside his...

Amnesty international has warned that any new military ties between the UK and Libya, Somalia and Burma must only be established if there are “comprehensive safeguards” against human rights abuses...

Attacks are ‘harrowing reminder of the sexual harassment and assault against women protesters under ousted president Hosni Mubarak’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Letting perpetrators in Egypt get away with...

Amnesty International, JUSTICE, Liberty and Reprieve have warned that the threat of secret courts is graver than ever after ministers defied the House of Lords and reverted back to the original...