News & Updates

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.
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.

Nepal must bar human rights violators from UN peacekeeping missions

18 December 2009

Amnesty International has called on Nepal’s government to immediately fix the flawed vetting process that allowed an army major charged with murder to participate in the United Nations peace kee

Impunity and injustice are legacy of deadly July riots in Mongolia

18 December 2009

The Government of Mongolia has failed to effectively respond to human rights abuses that took place during the July 2008 riot in Ulaanbaatar.

Sahrawi human rights activist returns home after hunger strike

18 December 2009

Aminatou Haidar, a Sahrawi activist who has spent the past month on hunger strike, has returned home and been reunited with her children.

Sahrawi activist on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport admitted to hospital

17 December 2009

Aminatou Haidar has been on hunger strike since 15 November after she was expelled from Western Sahara by the Moroccan authorities.

Iran executes alleged juvenile offender

17 December 2009

Mosleh Zamani was hanged on Thursday morning, along with four other unidentified prisoners. He was sentenced to death in 2006 for allegedly raping his girlfriend when he was 17.

Lithuania secret prison inquiry must set an example

17 December 2009

The government and President Dalia Grybauskaite have been urged to ensure that next week's report into allegations that the CIA operated a 'black site' in Lithuanian is thorough, independent, and impartial.

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.

Disappearances treaty edges closer to entering into force

15 December 2009

A landmark treaty on enforced disappearances has moved a step closer to entering into force after being ratified by two more countries.

Honduras must launch full investigation into death of human rights campaigner

15 December 2009

Walter Trochez was shot in the chest by a drive-by gunman on Sunday night while walking home through the centre of Tegucigalpa.

Allegations of police killings in Guatemala must be investigated

15 December 2009

In a new report, Amnesty International says that killings by police officers, often of young people who have either a criminal record or are suspected of involvement in crime, continue to be reported.