People abducted and sent back to torture and unfair trials in Central Asian countries ‘These renditions would not be possible without the complicity of public officials in the judicial and law...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EVENT AT THE EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 5-6PM Award-winning author Annabel Pitcher discusses her book Ketchup Clouds Following the success of last year’s sell-out...

‘Our evidence raises questions as to whether the failure to protect all protesters … is the result of a deliberate policy by the security apparatus’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Amnesty experts in Cairo...

‘It is his unassailable right, enshrined in international law, to claim asylum and this should not be impeded’ - Michael Bochenek

President Vladimir Putin’s new laws criminalising blasphemy and outlawing public activism by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals are an affront to freedom of

‘The slick PR of the UAE is not enough to hide the fact that the trial was grossly unfair and that fundamental rights have been recklessly disregarded’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The conviction earlier...

‘It would be a slap in the face for many Bahrainis if EU officials were to visit Bahrain and not publicly call for the release of prisoners of conscience’ - Nicolas Berger Amnesty International has...

On-the-ground Amnesty experts available for interview from Cairo With nationwide demonstrations expected in Egypt this weekend to mark the one-year point since President Mohamed Morsi took office...

The municipal authorities of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, must allow the upcoming Baltic Pride to take place, Amnesty International said today. After a meeting yesterday with Amnesty and the...

‘Does Mr Cameron want to be remembered as the prime minister who acted too late to save Shaker Aamer?’ - Kate Allen Amnesty International has launched a new call on Prime Minister David Cameron to...