In a new report published today, Amnesty International revealed that at least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and expressed deep concern that many more were killed by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and Viet Nam.

2007 Death Penalty stats in comparison with 2006

In May 2008, the UN Committee against Torture (or the Committee) will examine Indonesia's second periodic report which was submitted by the Indonesian government on 23 September 2005

The upcoming meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Working Group on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is an important opportunity to consolidate and build on recent developments to protect the human rights of some of the hemisphere's most marginalized peoples

Amnesty International deplores the prosecution of Amine Sidhoum, a lawyer and well-known human rights defender, who was convicted yesterday, 13 April 2008, of bringing the Algerian judiciary into disrepute

Amnesty International is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Janek Kuczkiewicz who passed away at his home in Brussels on 7 April

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Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will launch its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica in Miami, FL. AIUSA members and other activists will gather at the Perpetual Torch of Friendship in Miami's Bayfront Park at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008, to experience the cell and urge the Bush administration to shut down the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The United Nations Security Council should strongly censure the Sudanese government following a series of orchestrated attacks on civilians in Darfur by Janjawid militia, Amnesty International said today. The organization said a wave of attacks in North Darfur had begun on April 6 and that the UNAMID peacekeeping force remained severely under-resourced to protect civilians.

NBA, Nigerian NGOs and Amnesty International urge the immediate release of Patrick Okoroafor

As leaders of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) states prepare for an emergency meeting on the political crisis in Zimbabwe, Amnesty International said today it was disturbed by reports of widespread violent retribution against supporters of opposition parties, including attacks reportedly orchestrated by soldiers and police.

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will launch its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica in Miami, FL. AIUSA members and other activists will gather at the Perpetual Torch of Friendship in Miami?s Bayfront Park at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008, to experience the cell and urge the Bush administration to shut down the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Amnesty International condemns the suicide bomb attack of 6 April 2008 in Gampaha district, Weliveriya, near Colombo. The bomb blast killed at least 12 people, including Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, a senior government minister, and injured over 90 people including children. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been blamed for the bomb attack that targeted a local sports event. Amnesty International reiterates that attacks targeting civilians and indiscriminate attacks violate international humanitarian law which binds all sides to the conflict and constitute war crimes. All such attacks must cease immediately and unconditionally, and perpetrators must be brought to justice.

On the occasion of the European Union -- Central Asia summit, which begins today, Amnesty International is urging both sides to demonstrate a serious commitment -- which so far has regrettably been lacking -- to implement without further delay the human rights component of the strategy

Amnesty International condemns the suicide bomb attack of 6 April 2008 in Gampaha district, Weliveriya, near Colombo

On 9 April 2008 the Court of Appeal of England and Wales gave its judgment in two key cases concerning the UK government's policy of 'deportation with assurances': that of a Jordanian national, Abu Qatada, and those of two Libyan nationals, referred to for the purposes of legal proceedings in the UK as 'DD' and 'AS'

Amnesty International expressed grave concern at the escalation of killings and arrests in Nepal in advance of national elections tomorrow, Thursday, 10 April.

Slovakia: NGOs call on Slovakia on International Roma Day to address discrimination of Roma in education

The ITUC, ITF and Amnesty international today welcomed the release from Sanandaj prison, in Iran's Kordestan Province, of independent labour activist Mahmoud Salehi, after one year of imprisonment

Beginning today and continuing through May 20th, shareholders of four major financial firms -- Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo -- are being asked to vote on proposals that will push the firms to use their investment relationships with Chinese, Indian and Malaysian oil companies to press the government of Sudan to end atrocities in Darfur.