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Gambia: President must reject homophobic law with life sentence for 'aggravated homosexuality'

President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia should not sign a new Criminal Code amendment that would increase the punishment for “aggravated homosexuality” to life in prison, Amnesty International

Winner of Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award Announced

Cuckooed – Mark Thomas’ compelling show about friendships betrayed, corporate spying, and the erosion of our right to privacy wins the 2014 Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award.

Israeli 'refusenik' and classical musician Omar Sa'ad to play seven UK concerts (30 Sept-8 Oct)

‘How could I carry a gun rather than my viola?’ - Omar Sa’ad

Ukraine: Ongoing abuses and war crimes by pro-Ukrainian volunteer forces - new briefing

In a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kiev today, Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty urged the Ukrainian government to stop abuses and war crimes by volu

Amnesty International launches its Youth Awards 2015

The TES is official partner of Amnesty Youth Awards SOAS is the first university to sponsor Awards

Amnesty calls on new chair of sex abuse inquiry to investigate Kincora boys' home

Amnesty International has called on Fiona Woolf, the newly announced chair of the government's child sexual abuse inquiry, to investigate abuse and its alleged cover-up at Belfast’s Kinco

Qatar must urgently reveal whereabouts of 'disappeared' UK human rights workers

‘They may have been detained in relation to their human rights work’ - Said Boumedouha

Amnesty International's Secretary General to visit Ukraine and Russia

Salil Shetty , Secretary General of Amnesty International, will visit Ukraine and Russia between 7-10 September and will be available for interview.