Amnesty International today (31 August) expressed grave concern at the wider deployment of Taser electro-shock weapons to police officers in ten forces across the UK which are taking part in a pilot...

State’s ‘law of parties’ condemned and clemency call Amnesty International is calling for clemency for a man in Texas who is facing execution on Thursday (30 August) for a crime he did not commit...

Amnesty International today (24 August 2007) released new photographs showing that the Sudanese government is continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur despite the UN arms embargo...

Amnesty International and the Big Issue in Scotland tonight (23rd August) announced the winner of the 2007 Freedom of Expression Award. The award acknowledges a company whose performance at the...

An Amnesty International campaigner will make the appeal before the Northern Ireland premiere of ‘Taking Liberties’ at the Queens Film Theatre on Wednesday (23rd August) and will be distributing...

Amnesty International and the Big Issue in Scotland today (20 August) announced the shortlist for the Freedom of Expression Award, which rewards a company whose performance at the Edinburgh Festivals...

Many inmates left for years in filthy overcrowded cells Amnesty International researchers, recently returned from Nigeria, have expressed shock at the prison conditions they witnessed and the...

Amnesty International UK and other anti-death penalty campaigners have welcomed the decision of a court in the USA to overturn - for a second time - the conviction of Kenny Richey, a Scottish man on...

President Saleh asked ‘to think again’ and spare child offender Amnesty International has today issued an urgent appeal to Yemen's President Saleh to halt the execution of a child offender in Yemen...

Amnesty International today (9 August) joined in solidarity with approximately 168 million trade unionists globally to call for the immediate and unconditional release of two Iranian trade union...