During the conflict between 1991 and 2002, it is estimated that a third of all
women and girls in Sierra Leone were subjected to sexual violence. Many of these
A former prisoner of conscience has thanked Amnesty International for helping secure her release from jail by donating a journalism award to the organization.
On 24 October 2007, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent 12 of the last
18 years under detention. She may be the best known of Myanmar's
prisoners of conscience, but
New video and audio testimony received by Amnesty International tells of ongoing night raids, arbitrary arrests and appalling detention conditions in Myanmar.
On 17 October a year ago, US President George W. Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006. A law that turned flawed executive policy into flawed domes