News & Updates

Anwar Ibrahim continues campaign despite questionable charges

8 August 2008

Malaysian opposition leader has declared that sodomy charges will not stop his campaign for a parliamentary seat.

Syrian prisoner of conscience freed

8 August 2008

The Syrian authorities unexpectedly released Dr. Aref Dalilah on Thursday following a presidential amnesty.

Mexican national executed in Texas

7 August 2008

José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA’s international legal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to be st

Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings (Part 2)

6 August 2008

Matthew Pollard, Amnesty International's legal advisor, describes the Guantánamo hearings and discusses the reasons for his being in Guantánamo.

Hamdan convicted at Guantánamo

6 August 2008

Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni national, has been convicted by a panel of six US military officers of "providing material support for terrorism", but acquitted of &q

Video: Observing Guantánamo's hearings

6 August 2008

Matthew Pollard, Amnesty International's legal advisor, observed the first trial to take place before a military commission at Guantánamo Bay. 

Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings

5 August 2008

Matt Pollard, Amnesty International’s latest trial observer atthe recent military commission hearings at Guantánamo Bay, gives a sense of what it was like

Women in Mexico let down by failures in justice system

1 August 2008

Thousands of Mexican women who face violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously.

Chinese authorities lift blocks on some websites

1 August 2008

Journalists based in Beijing have told Amnesty International that the organization's website together with several others have been unblocked in the Olympics media v

Olympics Countdown

30 July 2008

Amnesty International published a series of reports in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics detailing the human rights issues in China. 

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