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At least 393 people killed since protests began The Syrian government's brutal reaction to its people's demand for change has reached a new and outrageous low, Amnesty International said today, as...

At least 75 people have been killed today in Syria during mass protests, local human rights activists told Amnesty International, as the government launched its deadliest crackdown yet on...

To avoid charge of double standard, world needs to do more - Malcolm Smart Bahrain’s allies must take stronger action to address the rapidly worsening human rights crisis in the small but strategic...

Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the new Constitution of the Republic of Hungary, adopted by the Hungarian National Assembly on 18 April, violates international and European human rights...

Amnesty International has written to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the Minister of Interior Roberto Maroni, expressing profound concern over collective, summary removals of Tunisians...

The Syrian authorities must not respond with violence to mass demonstrations planned across the country tomorrow, Amnesty International urged on the eve of a Facebook-promoted "Great Friday" protest...

Following the announcement that the US soldier accused of leaking documents to the WikiLeaks organisation is being moved to a new detention centre after concerns over his treatment, Amnesty...

Members of the security forces who have brutally repressed Egyptians for decades must be held to account, Amnesty International said today (20 April), as it released a major new report into the use of...

Protesters wearing masks bearing the face of jailed journalist Eynulla Fatullayev will stage a protest outside the Azerbaijani Embassy on Wednesday 20 April 2011. The demonstration, by five London...

‘There must be no more slaughter’ - Malcolm Smart Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad must back up his pledge to introduce reforms with immediate, concrete action to end the continuing wave of killings...