Authorities in Iran must release two US nationals without delay, Amnesty International said today [Weds 14 Sept], amid conflicting messages on the fate of the pair after more than two years in...

Amnesty International has obtained brochures from the Defense and Security International fair (DSEi) currently taking place in London’s Docklands, which appear to clearly show illegal torture...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has officially transmitted the findings of his expert panel’s report to the Human Rights Council. The report, made public in April, finds “credible allegations” of war...

Deaths in custody close to 100 since April Amnesty International has urged the Syrian authorities to reveal the whereabouts of four activists arrested last week near Damascus after the dead body of...

Warning about ‘brutal settling of scores’ by anti-Gaddafi forces. The National Transitional Council (NTC) must get a grip on armed anti-Gaddafi groups to stop reprisal attacks and arbitrary arrests...

Authorities in Chad authorities must immediately release two students who have been held for four months for allegedly trying to organise pro-reform protests, Amnesty International said today (12 Sept...

42-year-old Troy Davis faces 21 September execution despite doubts over guilt Bianca Jagger is leading a campaign on Twitter to try to help prevent the execution next week of a man on death row in the...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “Russia is still a dangerous place to defend human rights and even to do business, and David Cameron should make it very clear that without reforms...

Warning about ‘brutal settling of scores’ by anti-Gaddafi forces. The National Transitional Council (NTC) must get a grip on armed anti-Gaddafi groups to stop reprisal attacks and arbitrary arrests...

She is tireless and selfless and because of this, people across the country have voiced their support for her A Chinese activist jailed in connection with her support for bloggers must be released...