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.
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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.

NATO-led forces complicit in torture?

13 November 2007

Despite consistent reports of torture and other ill-treatment by Afghanistan's intelligence service, members of the NATO-led forces continue to hand detainees over to

Hopes dashed for Pakistan's disappeared

13 November 2007

On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Pakistan's Supreme Court was due to hear the cases of 485 individuals – all victims of enforced disappearance over the past six year

Crackdown intensifies in Pakistan

12 November 2007

Arrests of members of the political opposition continued in Pakistan over the weekend as the government changed the law to make it easier to crack down on their oppone

The Monk's Tale: Death in detention

9 November 2007

Amnesty International has obtained disturbing first-hand accounts from Burmese monks who witnessed the brutal attack on a monastic training school on 25 September.

Audio: Monks in Myanmar tell of police raid

9 November 2007

On 25 September, U Thilavantha's monastery was raided by police. Beaten in detention, he died the next day.

Opposition defiant in Pakistan despite arrests

9 November 2007

Mass arrests of opposition activists in Pakistan have increased in scale to such a degree that it's reported that there are no places left in jails to hold them.

General Musharraf cracks down on opposition

6 November 2007

The crackdown against pro-democracy activists in Pakistan continues, with reports of more arrests of protesters and police beatings of lawyers.

Standing up for journalism

5 November 2007

"The freedom of the press and the freedom of journalists to do their job are in everyone's best interest," writes the President of the International Federati

Monks return to streets of Myanmar

2 November 2007

In a display of courage, Buddhist monks have once again staged peaceful protests in Myanmar. 

Survivors of sexual violence still waiting for justice and reparations

1 November 2007

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