Iran’s presidential election on 12 June, will take place against a backdrop of discrimination, worsening repression of dissent and violent unrest. In the run-up to its tenth presidential election from which women candidates have been barred, the country has witnessed the arbitrary arrest and...

The horrific condition facing civilians in north eastern Sri Lanka has been described as a “bloodbath” by the United Nations. Amnesty International has said that it demands immediate action by the United Nations Security Council. In the last few days, more than 400 people – including more than 100...

Press Freedom Day, 3 May, has, for a number of years, been a day in which journalists and media workers marked the deaths of increasing numbers of their colleagues around the world. This year, though, there is some relief from the unrelenting bad news. The International Federation of Journalists...

People arriving at Turkey’s borders in search of asylum are putting their lives at risk on a daily basis because of the failure of the Turkish authorities to provide them with international protection, Amnesty International said in a report published today. The report Stranded: Refugees in Turkey...

An Amnesty International expert who has just completed a fact-finding mission to Fiji warns that the human rights situation in the country is getting worse by the day and the civilian population is living in fear as a result of draconian measures implemented by the military regime. Apolosi Bose,...

The human rights situation in Fiji is getting worse by the day under the newly reappointed military regime, according to an Amnesty International fact-finding mission. The population is living in fear as a result of draconian measures implemented by the regime. These followed the abrogation of the...

A series of simultaneous press conferences were held in seven African countries on Wednesday to warn that millions of people in Darfur face death and disease. African non-governmental organizations joined Amnesty International offices in Africa to call on the government of Sudan to allow aid...

Two Cuban nationals, whose husbands are serving lengthy prison sentences in the USA, have been denied temporary visas allowing them to visit their husbands for the ninth time. Adriana Pérez and Olga Salanueva’s husbands are part of a group known as the “Cuban Five” or “Miami...

(Rabat) In her first visit official visit to Rabat, Amnesty International Secretary General, Irene Khan, congratulated the Moroccan authorities on progress made on human rights, but also called for urgent action on a range of major concerns. In a meeting with Justice Minister Abdelwahed Radi and...

A group of 16 of the world’s leading war crimes investigators and judges – backed by Amnesty International – has urged the United Nations to launch a full inquiry into alleged gross violations of the laws of war committed by both sides during the recent conflict in Gaza and...

Both Israel and Hamas used weapons supplied from abroad to carry out attacks on civilians, Amnesty International said today as it released fresh evidence on the munitions used during the three-week conflict in Gaza and southern Israel and called on the UN to impose a comprehensive arms embargo....

Both Israel and Hamas used foreign-supplied weapons to attack civilians according to fresh evidence released by Amnesty International. Munitions from the USA, Israel’s main foreign arms supplier, were used by Israel forces during three-week conflict in Gaza and southern Israel. Hamas and other...