Why is it that more than two thirds of the world's poor are women, although women are only half of the world's population?

The Peruvian Supreme Court today concluded the two-day hearing of former President Alberto Fujimori's appeal against the 25-year prison sentence given to him in April 2009 for sanctioning the paramilitary death squad that was responsible for disappearances and extrajudicial killings

Following confirmation that remains recovered last week are those of a British journalist missing since 1985, Amnesty International has called on the authorities to step up their efforts to reveal the fate of the thousands abducted during the country's civil

Women in Yemen face systemic discrimination and endemic violence with devastating consequences for their lives.

The Tunisian authorities must immediately release a well known government critic, journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, Amnesty International said today, and drop trumped up charges that could lead to his being imprisoned for up to five years.

Amnesty International, together with Physicians for Human Rights and the International campaign for Human Rights in Iran, today issued an open letter to the Speaker of Iran?s Parliament Ali Larijani and the Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi are urging that

Amnesty International has urged the Philippine authorities to carry out a full investigation into a brutal attack in Maguindanao province that has left at least 46 people dead.

Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has marked the completion of her visit to South Korea by issuing a statement at a press conference in Seoul.

Amnesty International condemns the killings of at least 21 civilians, including journalists and members of a politician's family, in the southern Philippines province of Maguindanao. These murders are the first reported killings linked to the national elections scheduled for May

Amnesty International USA's director for international advocacy, issued the following statement regarding the upcoming meeting between President Barack Obama and India?s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the first state visit of the Obama administration

The Tunisian authorities must immediately release a well known government critic, journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

Amnesty International has made a renewed call for the humane treatment of all detainees, following reports that captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit may be released in a prisoner exchange.

The proposal, which was initiated by members of two Swiss parties, will ask Swiss voters if they wish to add the sentence "The construction of minarets is forbidden" to the Constitution.

Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Tunisian authorities to immediately release a well known government critic, journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, and to drop trumped up charges that could lead to his being imprisoned for up to five years.