The Russian authorities displayed a systematic disregard for basic human rights in the run-up to parliamentary elections.

People from around the world, including members and supporters of Amnesty International, are commemorating Russian journalist and human rights defender Anna Politkovsk

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, co-operation between former members, Russia and Uzbekistan, has been increasingly influenced by concerns about regional secur

At least 39 individuals who remain missing are believed to have been subjected to enforced disappearance by the US authorities.

Amnesty International welcomes the release from Guantánamo of Bisher al-Rawi. The UK resident was reunited with his family in the UK on 1 April after more than

AI is campaigning to see this happen by the end of this year - so far three countries (Austria, Moldova and Romania) have ratified the Convention and 31 states have

Reports from the Northern Caucasus regularly bring further evidence of continuing arbitrary detentions, followed by torture, "disappearance" or unlawful ki

On Saturday 10 June, three Guantánamo detainees were found dead in their cells.

Since the beginning of the war in Iraq in March 2003, more journalists have been killed in that country than anywhere else in the world.