Appeals for action

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's political prisoners

27 July 2009

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the most prominent of over 2,100 political prisoners in Myanmar.
A health worker advises a woman patient at a public hospital in the city of Ocotal, Nicaragua, 8 November 2007

Nicaragua must lift the total ban on abortion

27 July 2009

Nicaragua’s total ban on abortions is endangering the lives of girls and women across the country.
Iraqi prisoner clutches bars of cell at Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq

US detainees remain at risk as they are transferred to Iraqi custody

22 July 2009

Hundreds of detainees held by the US military in Iraq are being put at risk of execution, torture or other ill treatment as they are transferred to Iraqi custody without safeguards.

Oil companies and the Nigerian government must clean up the oil industry in the Niger Delta

30 June 2009

Hundreds of thousands of people are affected by oil pollution in the Niger Delta. Particularly the poorest and those who rely on traditional livelihoods such as fishin

Polish investigation into CIA crimes: questions over secrecy remain

26 June 2009

Amnesty International called for the investigation into the long standing allegations initiated by the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office in 2008 to be transp

Accountability for US counter-terrorism human rights violations

26 June 2009

In the name of countering terrorism, the USA has violated the rights ofindividuals in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and elsewhere. The humanrights violations co

Protect detainees against abuses in Tunisia

26 June 2009

Individuals suspected or accused in terrorism-related cases in Tunisia are subject to human rights violations, including torture and other ill-treatment, solitary conf

Saudi Arabia: Dire human rights record exacerbated by counter-terrorism measures

26 June 2009

The Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights in the name of security and fighting terrorism. Thousands of people have been arreste

End incommunicado detention in Spain

26 June 2009

Spanish law allows terrorism suspects to be held incommunicado for upto 13 days. Incommunicado detainees have no effective access to alawyer or to a doctor of their ch

Italy: Discriminatory draft law affecting migrants and Roma community

26 June 2009

Amnesty International is concerned about proposals included in a draft law -the so-called “security package”- approved on 14 May 2009 by the Chamber of Deputies, and now under conside