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