Amnesty International released a letter signed by a host of high-profile figures voicing their opposition to the Government’s plans to extend pre-charge detention limits to 42 days in the Counter...

Amnesty International has released a report showing how female combatants and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights associated with fighting forces were discriminated against and...

The Egyptian authorities must drop the charges against Ibrahim Eissa, editor of the Al-Dustour daily newspaper, who was given a six-month sentence yesterday for writing an article about the health of...

Opposition party members forced to chew and swallow posters As Zimbabweans prepare to vote in national elections on Saturday 29 March, Amnesty International today (26 March) warned that the rights to...

Heavy fighting between Iraqi government forces and armed militia in Basra and other Iraqi cities is creating a grave risk to civilians, Amnesty International said today, as it urged all parties to...

Please see below a copy of Amnesty oral statement to be read out at the UN Human Rights Council on the afternoon of 25 March 2008. Mr. President, Amnesty International is deeply concerned at human...

Amnesty International today revealed the extent of the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in South Africa with a major new report about the...

"The Chinese authorities should allow an independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet, particularly in the light of the sealing off of the region in recent days and the long...

Huge death toll and refugee flows, death squads, torture, mass imprisonment without charge and rising violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights mark last five years...

Archie Panjabi, star of East is East and Bend It Like Beckham, fronts Amnesty campaign The star of East is East and Bend It Like Beckham, Archie Panjabi, is to front Amnesty International’s campaign...