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Russian activists Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Ludmila Alekseeva collect the Sakharov Prize in Strasbourg, 16 December 2009

Russian NGO awarded Sakharov human rights prize

16 December 2009

Russian human rights organization Memorial received the 2009 Sakharov Prize of Freedom of Thought at a ceremony in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
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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.

Freed journalist donates prize to Amnesty International

26 October 2007

A former prisoner of conscience has thanked Amnesty International for helping secure her release from jail by donating a journalism award to the organization.

Hundreds killed in Gaza Strip violence

24 October 2007

Hundreds of Palestinians lost their lives as a result of the inter-factional political violence that engulfed the Gaza Strip in the past year.

Myanmar: Eighteen years of persecution

24 October 2007

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

Video: 18 years in prison in Myanmar

24 October 2007

U Win Tin, 77, is Myanmar's longest serving prisoner of conscience.

Activists tell of Myanmar 'witch hunt'

19 October 2007

Monks and activists in Myanmar have told Amnesty International of the brutal repression suffered by anti-government protesters in the country.

Video: Activists targeted in Myanmar 'witch hunt'

18 October 2007

New video and audio testimony received by Amnesty International tells of ongoing night raids, arbitrary arrests and appalling detention conditions in Myanmar.

One year of the Military Commissions Act

17 October 2007

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

Palestinian refugees suffer in Lebanon

17 October 2007

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon face discrimination in employment and a lack of access to adequate education and housing, says a new Amnesty International report.

Security Council deplores Myanmar repression

11 October 2007

The United Nations Security Council has "strongly deplored" the use of violence against peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar.

Stop the Death Penalty: The World Decides

10 October 2007

On this year's World Day against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International calls on the world's governments to vote for the UN resolution on a global moratorium on exec