The human rights organisation is calling on Israel to lift blockades and restrictions in the Occupied Territories and to ensure prompt passage and access to adequate medical facilities for pregnant...

During a research trip to Zimbabwe last month, Amnesty International delegates gathered evidence of continued government intimidation and arrest of opposition candidates and supporters, manipulation...

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan said: "Responsibility to avoid selectivity and double standards rests with each member. "Each member that calls on the Commission to address some...

But the organisation warned of a dangerous precedent that could be set if peacekeepers from states that have not ratified the Rome Statute are granted immunity. Amnesty's call came as the House of...

The allegations are made in a new report published by Amnesty International today (23 March), which looks at human rights violations committed as part of Kenya’s ‘crackdown’ on terrorism since...

While welcoming steps towards fulfilling some of SCG’s human rights commitments, Amnesty International is concerned that limited progress in many areas such as full cooperation with the...

Ken Livingstone, Anita Roddick and Ken Wiwa (Ken Saro-Wiwa’s son) will be launching a ground-breaking public art initiative at a fundraising event featuring prominent writers, activists, musicians...

Prison guards reportedly stamped on the neck of Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, causing him to pass out during a beating last November while he was handcuffed. Another man, Luis Enrique Ferrer Garcia, was...

Amnesty International said: "This proposition undermines the confidence many countries, including Nigeria, have put in the ICC as the institution to judge the worst crimes committed in the world....

But the organisation noted with scepticism the timing of the release, on medical parole: the same day, the US announced it will not seek to sponsor a resolution on China at the ongoing UN Human Rights...