Amnesty International today accused the Mexican authorities of failing to deal with a humanitarian crisis concerning thousands of ‘disappeared’ people in the country. In a new briefing launched at the...

‘Had it not been for legal aid and vital access to judicial review, the UK government could have had blood on its hands from its attempt to forcibly return a Syrian political activist

‘The inclusion of women in the peace talks must be genuine and meaningful’ - Isabelle Arradon International and Afghan military forces must preserve the modest human rights gains of the past 12 years...

‘It disturbing that he was not permitted to offer the "public interest" defence' - Anne FitzGerald Bradley Manning must be allowed to argue that he acted in the public interest when he distributed...

Amnesty International has welcomed recommendations from the United Nations Committee Against Torture that the Northern Ireland Executive should establish inquiries into clerical child sex abuse and abuses in…

Amnesty's office in Istanbul being used as makeshift medical centre Urgent steps must be taken by the Turkish authorities to prevent further deaths and injuries and to allow protesters access to their...

Amnesty International today called on the Greek authorities to immediately stop segregating Romani schoolChildren's rights from their peers, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the...

*Shehadeh’s sister, an Al Arabiya journalist, to launch new Syria freedom of expression foundation at event Amnesty International will host a special film event on Tuesday 18 June on the Syrian film...

Swift medical action is desperately needed to save a young woman’s life, Amnesty International said after El Salvador’s Minister of Health suggested an early Caesarean section could be performed to...

‘The use of violence by police on this scale appears designed to deny the right to peaceful protest altogether’ - John Dalhuisen The Turkish authorities must order police to stop using excessive force...