The Greek authorities must uphold the right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said, following the prosecution of journalist Kostas Vaxevanis.

Landmark judgement sends a strong signal to the authorities that separate education based on the ethnicity of the pupils is unacceptable.

Anti-Roma feeling in many European countries still translates into official policies that result in segregation of Roma from the rest of society, deepening and exacerbating their existing poverty and marginalization.

In countries across Europe, excessive use of force by police against protesters goes uninvestigated and unpunished.

Amnesty International is set to receive more than $30 million from a Norwegian telethon to help fund its human rights work around the world.

The new Serbian government must introduce legislation which prohibits forced evictions, Amnesty International said in a briefing published today.

Around 150 Roma inhabitants have been evicted from an informal settlement in the eastern suburbs of Paris.

A decision to conditionally release one member of Pussy Riot is only a half-measure in achieving justice, Amnesty International said.

Two prison guards and a prison director have been given life in prison for torturing political activist Engin Çeber to death in a Turkish prison in October 2008.