From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:06 AM

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has been urged tobroaden an investigation of attacks on UN installations in Gaza.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:06 AM

The Price of Silence is a global musical mosaic that powerfullydelivers on the message that human rights begin at home and that peopleworld-wide are united in figh

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:06 AM

For women living in one of the largest slums in the world, life can be devastating.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:06 AM

We are not expecting the impossible from President Obama’s first 100 days in office. Watch this video and take action.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:05 AM

An all-star cast join together for The Price of Silence, a song and video calling for the world to renew its commitment to human rights.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:04 AM

On International Migrants Day, new footage reveals the appalling state of a French detention centre for irregular migrants off the coast of Africa and shows how Europe

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:04 AM

Amnesty International has called on governments to make the 60thanniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) a timefor action not just for celeb

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:03 AM

As the Indian Foreign Secretary visits Sri Lanka, an open letter from Amnesty International urges him to raise concerns over the safety of displaced civilians trapped

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:03 AM

Tens of thousands of Afghans displaced from their homes by escalatingfighting and ongoing food shortages require immediate humanitarianassistance.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:02 AM

The international community hasadopted a historic instrument that secures access to justice foreveryone whose economic, social and cultural rights are violated and

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:01 AM

Amnesty International has called for a temporary truce and forthe creation of humanitarian corridors to allow more than quarter of a milliontrapped civilians to es

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:01 AM

An AmnestyInternational research team heard the stories of some of the thousands of Congolese people who fled across the Democratic Republic ofCongo border into Ug

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:01 AM

International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the historic struggles of women through the centuries to achieve equality and justice.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:00 AM

Ayatollah Khomeini promised that all Iranians would be free. However,the past 30 years have been characterised by persistent human rightsviolations.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:00 AM

Thousands of people around the world took part in actions tocelebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of HumanRights on 10 December.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:58 AM

As the fighting continues between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), civilians pay the price for both parties' disregard for internatio

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:57 AM

Four previously secret memorandums released by the new USadministration give an insight into how its predecessor lost its legaland moral compass in turning to tort

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:56 AM

Pakistan’s new civilian government has failed to provide informationabout hundreds of cases of people believed to be held secretly by thegovernment.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:55 AM

More than six decades of human rights failures by governments have beenexacerbated by the world economic crisis, which brought the problems ofpoverty and inequalit

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:53 AM

The Roma people living under the Bacula overpass in the North of Milan,Italy, were forcibly evicted on Tuesday by local authorities.