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Authorities in Iran must release two US nationals without delay, Amnesty International said today, amid conflicting messages on the fate of the pair after more than two years in detention. Iran’s...

The military authorities have essentially taken Egypt’s laws back to the bad old days. We fear that the security forces will interpret these amendments as a sign that they have been ‘let off the leash...

MEDIA ADVISORY - FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER BIANCA JAGGER TO TAKE MESSAGE TO US EMBASSY APPEALING FOR TROY DAVIS EXECUTION TO BE HALTED * Bianca Jagger and Amnesty chief to deliver message on Friday 16th...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...