News & Updates

Dina Meza

Activists in Honduras tell Amnesty International of hidden human rights crisis

4 December 2009

An Amnesty International delegation in Honduras talked to human rights activists about the hidden crisis affecting the Central American nation.
Artsyom Dubski

Belarus activists tell of life in exile

27 November 2009

Belarusian youth activists sentenced to 'restricted freedom' for attending a peaceful protest have told Amnesty International how they were targeted by the authorities.

Myanmar demonstrators defiant in face of escalating repression

26 September 2007

The situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma) continues to worsen with reports emerging of escalating attempts by the authorities to repress ongoing demonstrations.

Refugee crisis unfolds amid global apathy

21 September 2007

The international community has not responded adequately to Iraq's spiralling refugee crisis and is leaving the main host countries, Syria and Jordan, to shoulder

Masked bandits run riot in Central African Republic

19 September 2007

Gangs of armed bandits are terrorizing the population of the Central African Republic (CAR) as the region is torn apart by violence and lawlessness.

Above the law - police brutality in Angola

12 September 2007

Police in Angola are responsible for persistent human rights violations, with few perpetrators ever brought to justice.

New photos expose Sudan arms violations

4 September 2007

Amnesty International has released new photographs showing that the Sudanese government is continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur, despite the UN

Communities at risk from Mexican dam project

30 August 2007

Several thousand people, primarily peasant farmers and others from poor Indigenous communities, are at risk of being displaced by plans to build a dam in Mexico.

Whereabouts unknown - thousands still missing worldwide

30 August 2007

To “disappear” is to vanish, to cease to be, to be lost. But the “disappeared” have not simply vanished. Someone, somewhere, knows what has h

New photos expose Sudan arms violations

24 August 2007

New photo evidence shows that the Sudanese government is continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur, despite the UN arms embargo and peace agreement

Iran: Authorities thwart campaign for gender equality

23 August 2007

Activists campaigning for gender equality in Iran are unable to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and association, as shown by a number of recent arrest

Cuba releases prisoner of conscience

22 August 2007

Cuba's longest serving prisoner of conscience has been conditionally released following more than 13 years in jail.