News & Updates

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

Stop the death penalty: Worldwide abolition now

31 October 2007

Three men who escaped the death penalty joined forces in New York to campaign for a global abolition of this irreversible punishment. 

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.

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

Activists tell of Myanmar 'witch hunt'

19 October 2007