Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of a 32-year-old Malaysian woman to the cruel punishment of caning for the crime of drinking alcohol in public. On 20 July the Shariah High Court in...

Other countries should avoid returning Tunisians to face abuse A year after it strongly criticised Tunisia for serious human rights in the name of “security”, Amnesty International has today (20...

On the eve of the presidential elections in Afghanistan, Amnesty International has called on the Afghan government to reverse its ban on national and international media from reporting on cases of...

Amnesty International today published a series of exclusive photos and testimonies revealing serious ill-treatment of peaceful protesters by police and military in Honduras’ capital, Tegucigalpa. The...

Responding to the findings of the Select Committees on Arms Export Controls’ report Amnesty International's Arms Programme Director Oliver Sprague said: "We welcome the Select Committees’ call upon...

Responding to the publication of new Home Office figures showing an increased use of Taser weapons by police forces in England and Wales, Amnesty International UK arms campaigner Oliver Sprague said:...

Responding to the number of times Northumbria police have used the Taser, Amnesty International Arms Programme Director Oliver Sprague said: “Since we don’t know how or when the Taser was used, it’s...

Amnesty International today revealed it’s near-complete line-up of great comedy names for the Stand Up For Freedom show at the Assembly Hall, at midnight on 19 August. One final, award-winning special...

Amnesty International today [Tues 18 Aug] adopted 46-year-old Jacinta Marcial as a prisoner of conscience for being unfairly sentenced to 21 years in prison and demanded that the Mexican authorities...

Amnesty International has announced that one of the world’s leading intellectuals, Professor Noam Chomsky, will come to Belfast on 30 October to give the organisation’s annual lecture at the Ulster...