However, the human rights organisation strongly condemns the stepping up of arbitrary arrests by the Sudanese authorities, particularly in Darfur, western Sudan, where a new internal armed conflict is...

Amnesty International UK Director, Kate Allen, said: 'While welcoming an initiative which hopefully will go some way to ending the protracted suffering of the Liberian people, we had hoped for much...

Amnesty International UK Media Director, Lesley Warner, said: 'Today's verdict is surprising, but does not diminish the fact that deliberate efforts to subvert the course of justice and shield senior...

At around 5.30 am on 3 July 2003 a police special unit, apparently searching for criminal suspects and evidence of criminal activity, carried out simultaneous raids on Rain transit centre for asylum...

The 49 were sentenced to death but details about their crimes are not known. Their identities have also not been made public. The human rights organisation fears that the execution will take place in...

Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Stephen Bowen said: 'Only a fully independent investigation with judicial powers can reveal the truth about the killing of Zahra Kazemi and ensure that...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'If the blood of helpless civilians in Bunia flows again in September when the French-led UN force departs, the primary culprits will of course be...