Trials And Legal Systems

Video: Protest in Washington to end illegal US detention - 12 January 2008

Amnesty International activists gathered in Washington D.C. on 11 January to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo. 

Video: Close Guantánamo actions in the UK - 11 January 2008

Actions to mark the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo in London started on 10 January, when Amnesty International activists organized an all-night vigil around a

Hearing about the reality of human rights - 9 January 2008

Victoria Harrison Neves writes from Bangladesh about her first mission as an Amnesty International press officer – as part of the organization's delegation to th

Irene Khan addresses NGO gathering in Dhaka

Opening remarks
By Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International
Seminar on “Campaign for human Dignity”
Saturday, 5 January 2007

Amnesty International pushes for reform in Bangladesh - 7 January 2008

Amnesty International's Secretary General told a meeting of NGOs in Bangladesh that the organisation is in the country to push for reform that will have a lasting im

Russian Federation: Fair trial for Khodorkovskii and Lebedev - 7 December 2007

As a second trial against former YUKOS oil company head Mikhail Khodorkovskii and his associate Platon Lebedev draws closer, Amnesty International urges the Office of

Ugandan justice system failing survivors of sexual violence - 13 December 2007

The justice system in Uganda is failing women and girls who have faced sexual violence.

Video: Sending a message to the Pakistan government - 16 November 2007

As People around the world took to the streets to call for the restoration of human rights and justice in Pakistan, a sizeable crowd gathered In London.

Arrests continue in Myanmar - 28 November 2007

The Myanmar government continues to detain monks and dissidents, despite government assurances that no more arrests would be carried out.

Free imprisoned trade unionists - 10 December 2007

Viet Nam: Two days after Tran Quoc Hien was chosen as spokesperson for the United Workers-Farmers Organization (UWFO) in January 2007, he was arrested.