Amnesty issues open letter to EU leaders demanding that they put human rights abuses in Burma at the heart of forthcoming summits Amnesty International has written an open letter to all EU leaders...

Amnesty International supporters are urgently appealing to authorities in Louisiana to pardon a 49-year-old African American man who has already spent more than 33 years in a state prison after being...

Amnesty International today condemned the arrest of at least 100 journalists after police baton-charged a peaceful demonstration against curbs on media. Amnesty International Secretary General Irene...

Amnesty International today (21 November) issued an urgent appeal for Maryam Hosseinkhah, a journalist and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's rights defender, who was...

Amnesty International today admitted that it has deep concern over the future of U Gambira, the 27-year-old leader of the All-Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA). The ABMA was instrumental in getting...

One step closer to a more humane world Amnesty International has welcomed the UN decision in favour of a global moratorium on executions. Writing in the organisation’s ‘Press Release Me’ blog, Amnesty...

Amnesty International has called for tougher controls on arms exports as it revealed that a Northern Ireland company has helped to equip Pakistan's police force, currently engaged in the brutal...

Amnesty International today launched a new regular blog on human rights issues in Scotland. This fortnightly post will set out to provide the Scottish angle on human rights and the human rights angle...

The Control Arms campaign welcomes the Prime Minister's commitment to tightening UK arms controls, which he made in his Lord Mayor's speech last night. Extending export controls means UK citizens will...

ISAF must promote reform of Afghan detention system The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan is exposing detainees to the risk of torture and other ill-treatment by...