It only marks the end of an unfair sentence that was illegally extended, and is by no means a concession on the part of the authorities. Amnesty International today welcomes the release of Aung San...

The Moroccan authorities must open an independent investigation into events that led to a number of deaths and injuries at Gadaym Izik, a protest camp near Laayoune, Western Sahara, Amnesty...

Amnesty International today called on the Indonesian government to block discriminatory moves to institute pregnancy and virginity tests for high school girls. Media reports earlier this week say that...

Amnesty International has today called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release a blogger who the authorities continue to hold despite his completion of a four-year prison sentence. Kareem...

Destruction of videotapes may have concealed crimes Amnesty International has called for a criminal investigation into the role of former US President George W Bush and other officials in the use of...

Responding to the convictions today of two men - cousins Mohammed Saleh Ali and Omar Hussain - found guilty of the murder of Banaz Mahmod, a young Iraqi Kurdish woman from Mitcham in south London...

The Hungarian authorities are failing in their duty to record, investigate, prosecute and punish all racially motivated crimes against Roma people, Amnesty International says in a new report published...

In response to British prime minister David Cameron’s address to Peking University today, Sam Zarifi, Asia-Pacific Programme Director for Amnesty International, said: “Amnesty International welcomes...

Amnesty International today condemned the two-and-a-half-year sentence given to a Chinese activist who organised a support group for parents of babies who became ill after drinking tainted milk...

Gael García Bernal, Marc Silver and Amnesty International have come together to create THE INVISIBLES – four short films documenting the plight of migrants travelling without legal permission through...