This trial should never have taken place. It forms part of a wave of judicial proceedings against human rights defenders in Morocco and the banned Islamist association al-Adl wa'l-Ihsan (Justice and...

Mohamad Ezam Mohamad Nor was arrested following a report on 4 March in the pro-government newspaper Mingguan Malaysia that he had called for mass protests to overthrow the government. He has denied...

However, Amnesty International is concerned that tens of thousands of civilians displaced by the violence are without basic humanitarian assistance. 'We call on Burundi's military and civilian...

Amnesty International UK Communications Director Richard Bunting said: 'Amnesty International has documented a frightening pattern of violence by the Zimbabwean Government against its critics in...

'The perpetrators are agents of the state and armed groups, but most often they are members of their own family, community or employers. For many Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's...

'As a member of the United Nations, the FRY is obliged to surrender Slobodan Milosevic and all other people indicted by the Tribunal to its custody', the organization stressed. On Wednesday 28...

'Too often, police officers and prison guards, abuse their power to rape and sexually abuse Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in their custody. With the intent to humiliate...

The government must take all urgent and necessary measures to address the concerns of the people, the media and civil society in Cameroon and to guarantee that they freely express themselves on the...

'If the rule of law, the protection of human rights, and justice for victims and survivors of the recent spate of violence are to be ensured, the Tanzanian Government must establish and explain what...

'The USA is engaged in a cruel, brutalizing, unreliable, unnecessary and hugely expensive activity for no measurable gain,' Amnesty International said. 'The fact that it is violating human rights...