Political leaders meeting in Copenhagen next week must reach a fair, ambitious and binding deal on climate change, said Amnesty International's Secretary General ...
Amnesty International said that it was deeply worried aboutthe safety of victims of and witnesses to a shooting at a militaryblockade that took place in Tegucigalpa ...
Hundreds of people in Moldova were detained by police following demonstrations against the Parliamentary election results in April 2009. Many reported that they ...
Amnesty International has urged the government to protect witnesses and safeguard vital forensic evidence, following the massacre of at least 57 people in Maguindanao ...
The life of Luz Elsia Almanza, a female human rights defender in Colombia, is in danger, after a paramilitary group declared her to be a "military target". Luz ...
Eight Afghan nationals, four women and four children aged between four and 10 years, have been detained in the departure lounge of Boryspil airport in Kyiv, Ukraine ...
Amnesty International has condemned the conviction of a dissentingTunisian journalist who has been jailed for six months on trumped upcharges after an unfair trial ...
Yousef Dheeb al-Hmoud was arrested at his home on 15 November. The authorities have not revealed where he is being held, why he was arrested or whether he will ...
A federal court has lifted the stay of execution in the case of Kenneth Biros, who is now due to be put to death in Ohio on 8 December under the state’s new lethal ...