Amnesty has called on the Swedish authorities for confirmation that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the USA if he travels to Sweden to face sexual assault charges.

Prison sentences given to three bloggers accused of spreading anti-state propaganda in Vietnam are a shameful attempt to silence dissent, says Amnesty International.

The European Parliament has adopted a new resolution condemning the role of European states in the CIA's secret detention and torture programme.

A firm with UK Government contracts was responsible for rendering political prisoners from a CIA secret prison in Afghanistan to the Gaddafi regime, says Reprieve.