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As Venezuelans prepare to go to the polls on 14 April, Amnesty International has identified some of the key human rights issues that every candidate should prioritize in their plans.
At least 35 children and their families will be made homeless if the eviction goes ahead, as EU urged to stop anti-Roma discrimination.
Israel’s military response to protests in the West Bank is failing to respect the human rights of Palestinians, Amnesty International said today as the number of Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli fire in the area since the beginning of 2013 reached eight.
Refugees at Sudan's Shagarab camp are being kidnapped and trafficked to Egypt where they are held for ransom and horrifically abused.
Over 200 people, mostly Romanian Roma, were forcibly evicted this morning from an informal settlement in greater Paris.
A comedian associated with famed satirist Bassem Youssef is the latest target of Egypt's escalating crackdown on criticism.
The UN has adopted a new treaty that will prohibit states from transferring arms when they know they will be used to commit or facilitate genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes.
Three executions in Kuwait on 1 April were the first since 2007, and are a deplorable setback for human rights.
Over 118 more reportedly remain in arbitrary detention in connection with the Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan conflicts.
A court in Saudi Arabia reportedly issued a rulling sentencing a man to paralysis as retribution for a crime he allegedly committed 10 years ago.
An Amnesty International briefing says that multiple large-scale attacks are being carried out against civilians in the worst instance of violence in years.
In a deeply cynical move, Iran, North Korea and Syria have stalled an Arms Trade Treaty aimed at prohibiting states from transferring arms to countries commiting serious abuses.
Amnesty International report says that a package of reforms before Turkey’s Parliament risks being a missed opportunity to bring the country’s laws in line with human rights standards.
A rise in tensions between religious communities in a town south of Cairo highlights the failure of the Egyptian authorities to protect Egypt’s Coptic Christians, the largest religious minority in the country.
Sometimes a simple but potentially revolutionary idea can change the world for the better. But it often takes a crisis to galvanize people to take action, and that's how the idea for a global Arms Trade Treaty was born.
The story of a man who spent more than half his life in a cell just three paces wide and four paces long paints a disturbing picture of justice in Louisiana, USA.
Algerian authorities stop a delegation of 96 civil society activists and trade unionists from crossing the border into Tunisia.
As the League of Arab States met in Qatar and BRICS nations met in South Africa, Amnesty International called for global pressure on all parties in the Syrian conflict to abide by international human rights law.
A new Amnesty International report says Victoire Ingabire must be allowed an appeal that meets international fair trial standards after being convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Serious deficiencies in a new draft Arms Trade Treaty text would fail to prevent arms transfers to countries where they could be used to commit or facilitate summary and arbitrary killings, torture and enforced disappearances.
