Archived appeals

Amnesty International has helped save thousands of lives by stopping torture, preventing executions and protecting human rights defenders.

An MDC activist stabbed to death on 13 April

Rights under siege in post-election Zimbabwe

5 March 2008

In the wake of the presidential and parliamentary elections which took place in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008, violent attacks on opposition supporters are increasing.

Police officers detain an opposition supporter on December 31, 2007 during riots at the Kibera slum in Nairobi.

Call on Kenya's leaders to respect and protect human rights

14 February 2008

An international day of public and online action will call on the Kenyan government to protect people from politically-motivated and ethnic violence.

Women carry bundles of firewood at Kalma refugee camp for internally displaced people in Sudan

Rape: ever present danger for Darfur's women

14 February 2008

At least 2.3 million people have been displaced by the conflict in Darfur; most now live in more than 65 camps dotted around Darfur.

Say no to illegal US detentions

9 January 2008

Sign up to Amnesty International's framework for ending US illegal detentions, the first step of which is closing Guantánamo.

Romani children playing on the ice, at the settlement at Letanovce, Slovakia

Send a seasonal greeting for Romani rights

18 December 2007

Roma are one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic minority groups in Europe. They are also the most deprived.

Artur Akhmatkhanov has not been seen since he was bundled into an armoured personnel carrier in 2003

Demand the truth about student's disappearance

10 December 2007

Russia: 22-year-old Artur Akhmatkhanov was grabbed by masked soldiers and bundled into an armoured personnel carrier in 2003; he has not been seen s

Bu Dongwei, a Falun Gong practitioner who worked for a US-based NGO, is serving two and a half years Re-education Through Labour

End persecution of Falun Gong practitioner

10 December 2007

China: Bu Dongwei, a Falun Gong practitioner who worked for a US-based NGO is serving two and a half years Re-education Through Labour in Beijing due to his religious

Tran Quoc Hien - imprisoned for trade union work

Free imprisoned trade unionists

10 December 2007

Viet Nam: Two days after Tran Quoc Hien was chosen as spokesperson for the United Workers-Farmers Organization (UWFO) in January 2007, he was arrested.

Publisher Carlos Hernández and journalist Dina Meza

Protect campaigning journalists

10 December 2007

Honduras: An award-winning journalist and her colleagues face a campaign of harassment and intimidation after investigating several private security firms for labour r

Prevent execution of tortured woman

10 December 2007

Iraq: Samar Sa'ad 'Abdullah faces the death sentence after, she says, she was tortured by the police.