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

Amnesty’s latest research shows that harassment and imprisonment of activists defending civil, political and economic rights in China is on the increase with cases reported in just the past few...

The EU Council decided not to begin accession talks on 17 March, as originally scheduled. These will be opened only after it is established that Croatia is fully cooperating with the International...

Jack Straw confirmed the UK government's commitment to work for an international Arms Treaty. "I announced last September that the UK would work for such a treaty. I want to set out today some more...

She urged the UK to press for a strong resolution at the UN Commission on Human Rights, meeting in Geneva 14 March – 22 April, to ensure that the UN sends an investigator to Nepal to report on the...

Sumi Khan has been in the UK (1 March) to collect an Index on Censorship award for "outstanding commitment to journalistic integrity in defence of freedom of expression". The letter to Sumi Khan told...

But the organisation said that there is still a pressing need for a public enquiry into non-combat deaths at Deepcut and other army barracks. Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Stephen Bowen...

He has been in a poor state of health, exacerbated by his treatment in prison, which has included torture, inadequate access to medical treatment, being held in a cell designed for military dogs...

The authorities must open investigations into the allegations of unlawful killings, deaths resulting from torture and ill-treatment in custody and torture of Kurds that have come to light since March...

Peter Splinter, Amnesty International’s representative at the UN in Geneva, said: "Nepal is on the verge of a human rights catastrophe. Basic human rights have been suspended; impunity is rampant...