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As Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years, Amnesty International looks at key dates in the organisation’s work on the former president.
Last year's killing of Saleem Shahzad highlighted the perils faced by journalists in Pakistan.
An exiled member of the Syrian Non Violence Movement calls for increased international pressure to end human rights abuses in Syria.
Despite the release on bail of a prominent Bahraini human rights defender, many prisoners of conscience remain behind bars.
Nigerian trade union leader Osmond Ugwu was detained in October 2011 and jailed for three months on trumped-up charges.
Police in the Russian capital stopped an attempted Pride and detained dozens, including the event's organizers.
More than 100 people - including 50 children - were killed in the Syrian military's assault on the town of Houla over the weekend.
A repressive emergency law adopted in Canada's Quebec province violates freedoms of speech, assembly and movement in breach of international obligations.
A Sarayaku indigenous activist speaks out about her community's fight to defend their rights and protect their traditional lands in Ecuador's rainforest.
It has been a particularly tough year for human rights defenders in sub-Saharan Africa, says Zimbabwean activist Jenni Williams.
Activists from around the globe share their stories from the frontline of defending human rights.
Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.
An attack on a group of youth activists in Luanda highlights the ongoing threats human rights defenders in Angola face.
Eurovision organizers have remained silent on the Azerbaijani authorities' fresh wave of human rights violations ahead of the song contest in Baku.
Independent investigations are needed into the killings of two men - including a prominent cleric - at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon.
Six journalists have been killed in less than a month in Mexico, raising grave concerns about freedom of expression.
Police in Kyiv failed to stop ultra-right hooligans from putting LGBT activists at risk and marring the city's first-ever Pride parade.
A spate of attacks on LGBTI activists points to endemic discrimination that needs to be dealt with in South Caucasus countries.
Journalist Salameh Kaileh describes his torture in a Syrian prison and hospital before he was deported to Jordan.
Fighting in northern Mali has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and led to dozens of human rights violations.
