'These allegations are not new. We believe they may indicate a persistent pattern of institutionalized abuse in Virginia's supermaximum security prisons,' stressed Angela Wright, Amnesty International...

'Journalists have been harassed, tortured, and even killed for reporting the news, and their work is often censored. Democracies and authoritarian regimes have neglected to protect the right to...

'When journalists are silenced, it is not only they who are victims of repressive laws and practices, but also ordinary citizens who are deprived of their right to full and objective information,' the...

As shareholders and institutional investors in Talisman Energy Inc., meet on May 1 in Calgary, Canada, the fighting between government of Sudan forces, armed opposition forces and various local...

Amnesty International is calling on the Liberian government to ensure that widespread torture , including rape and killings by the security forces of unarmed citizens suspected of supporting Liberian...

Trade union members and activists are among the main targets of human rights violations - including killings, 'disappearances' , threats and intimidation - in the context of the spiralling armed...

On 30 April Andorra became the 30th country to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court , bringing the international community to the important halfway mark of ratifications...