News & Updates

Sheperds stand beside a cistern in the village of Umm al-Kheir, in the southern West Bank (OPT), September 2009.

Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water

27 October 2009

Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.
Irene Khan, Amnesty International Secretary General, speaks to doctors in Freetown, Sierra Leone, September 2009

Maternal death rate in Sierra Leone is a "human rights emergency"

21 September 2009

In Sierra Leone, one in eight women risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth - one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.

Sina Paymard

25 June 2007

Sina Paymard, the young man reprieved at the gallows in 2006 by relatives of the murder victim after he had played the flute, was a 16-year-old drug addict at the time

Delara Darabi

25 June 2007

Delara Darabi, aged 20, faces execution after being convicted of the murder of her father's 58-year-old female cousin Mahin in September 2003. She was 17 at the time o

Iran continues to pass death sentences on child offenders

22 June 2007

Amnesty International (AI) is calling on the Iranian authorities to take immediate steps to end the shameful practice of executing child offenders (those convicted of

Thai authorities endanger asylum seekers' safety

20 June 2007

Over 160 Lao Hmong people were returned to their home country from Thailand on Saturday 9 June.

Seven Syrian peaceful activists jailed after unfair trial

19 June 2007

Seven peaceful Syrian political activists have been sentenced to jail after an unfair trial in Damascus.

Iraqis flee to Syria to escape violence

19 June 2007

"We don’t have a home to go to, they took it from us; we have nothing left in Iraq to go to." With these words, Um ‘Omar explained why she and he

Rendition in the Horn of Africa

15 June 2007

At least 140 men, women and children fleeing conflict in Somalia were arrested by Kenyan authorities between 30 December 2006 and February 2007 as they tried to enter

Internet dissident released in Viet Nam

12 June 2007

Internet dissident Nguyen Vu Binh has been released from prison after spending almost five years behind bars.

Algeria: Persistent torture by the Military Security in secret locations

10 June 2007

Torture and other ill-treatment continue to be perpetrated with impunity in Algeria in cases of individuals who are thought to have information about terrorism.

'Off the record' secret CIA detention

7 June 2007

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