Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has ordered a permanent stay of the criminal proceedings against prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, in a move welcomed by campaigners.

A prisoner has been seriously injured and has had to be hospitalized after a clash between the Sri Lankan Army and detainees being held at a school in Vavuniya in the north-east of the country this week.

Amnesty International Secretary General, Irene Khan has urged the US government to examine the findings of Judge Richard Goldstone’s report on violations of international law committed in Gaza and southern Israel.

Victims of rape and other torture by Iranian security forces are facing renewed risk after documents detailing abuses against them were confiscated this week.

Amnesty International has called on the Sudanese government to withdraw charges against Abna Hussein and repeal the law used to flog women for wearing "indecent" clothing.

Eight people are reported to have been killed and up to 400 injured after Iraqi forces attacked unarmed Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, this week.

Some 200 people from an informal settlement in the Harare suburb of Gunhill in Zimbabwe face being forcibly evicted without being given adequate notice or any due process.

Thousands of activists worldwide will participate in a Global Day of Action on 25 July, to demonstrate international solidarity with those whose human rights are being abused in Iran.

A Brazilian organization has thanked human rights NGO Amnesty International after an action by the organization brought safety to a peasant farmer and land rights activist.

The Saudi authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights under the façade of countering terrorism, Amnesty International said in a new report published yesterday.