As the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group advanced towards Goma and fighting resumed today around the capital of North Kivu province, combatants on all sides of the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo must take steps to safeguard civilians from attack, Amnesty International said. 

As the conflict escalates between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza, Amnesty International is calling for an international arms embargo and for the immediate deployment of international monitors.

A vote to establish a moratorium on the death penalty at the UN General Assembly’s human rights committee has given a further boost to the global goal of ending the use of capital punishment. 

Ireland must ensure that its domestic law and policy on access to abortion is in line with international human rights law, said Amnesty International today. 

The people behind a play called Corpus Christi are reportedly facing prosecution in Greece for blasphemy prompting Amnesty International to call on the Greek authorities to ensure freedom of expression is being protected by dropping all charges against them. 

Pakistan’s first execution in four years is a blow to the country’s progress away from using the death penalty, Amnesty International has said. 

A series of bomb attacks across Iraq on Wednesday have reportedly killed at least 14 people on the eve of the Islamic New Year.

Israel’s assassination of Ahmad al-Ja’abari, the head of Hamas' military wing has placed civilians in Gaza and southern Israel at grave risk by re-igniting the armed conflict there, said Amnesty International.

The UN failed to protect civilians during Sri Lanka’s armed conflict according its own report, released today, prompting Amnesty International to renew its call for an independent investigation into alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). 

Undocumented foreign nationals in Libya are at risk of exploitation, arbitrary and indefinite detention, as well as beatings, sometimes amounting to torture, Amnesty International said in a new briefing today.