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China: Fair and impartial investigation must be launched in Urumqi

Amnesty International today called on the authorities in Urumqi to immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into reports that 140 people were killed when a protest turned violent...

China: Uighur ethnic identity under threat in China

The ethnic identity of Uighurs in western China is being systematically eroded. Government policies, including those that limit use of the Uighur language, severe restrictions on freedom of religion...

India: Historic ruling against 'sodomy' laws, the first step to equality

Amnesty International has welcomed the historical decision by the high court in Delhi to decriminalise homosexuality. The decision is a significant step toward ensuring that people in India can...

Pakistan: Millions of displaced people face discrimination and cannot access aid, warns Amnesty

More than two million people who have fled fighting in northwestern Pakistan do not have access to aid distributed in official displacement camps, Amnesty International warned today. Ethnic Pashtuns...

UK-Gambia: UK trade unions and Amnesty International call for halt to journalists' trial

Representatives from Amnesty International, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) will this afternoon petition the Gambian High Commission in London to put a stop...

UK: Control orders- Abu Rideh granted document to leave the country, decision welcomed by Amnesty

Amnesty International today (3 July) welcomed the Home Office’s agreement to issue a travel document to Mahmoud Abu Rideh, a stateless Palestinian refugee who is under a Control Order. Subject to the...

Gaza conflict: First comprehensive report says both sides committed war crimes

Call for Goldstone United Nations inquiry to be supported Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of...

Honduras: Human rights and rule of law at serious risk, warns Amnesty

Amnesty International today said that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya must be able to return to Honduras immediately, without conditions and safely. Kerrie Howard, Americas Deputy director at Amnesty...

Nigeria: New Amnesty report exposes human rights abuses by Shell and other oil companies

Amnesty challenges new Shell CEO to make good in his first 100 days “If you want to go fishing, you have to paddle for about four hours through several rivers before you can get to where you can catch...

Russia: Ongoing abuses in North Caucasus lend lie to 'Normalisation' claim - New report

Ongoing human rights abuses in Chechnya, Ingushetia and other parts of the North Caucasus “lend the lie” to claims made by the Russia authorities that the region is generally reverting to “normal”...