Arrested for trying to organize a peaceful demonstration critical of the Libyan government, Idriss Boufayed has been released on humanitarian grounds, after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned Ibrahim
Eissa, who was charged with publishing information considered "damaging to the public interest and Egypt's national
stability."
Two years after the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya,
human rights activists and journalists are still at risk in the Russian
Federation, in particular in the North Caucasus region.
Amnesty International confirmed on Friday that one of the seven
prisoners of conscience freed this week, U Win Htein, was re-arrested a
few hours after his release.
Rich and powerful individuals and groups involved in land disputes in Cambodia are increasingly using their power to silence opponents through the criminal justice system, said Amnesty International today, as it called for greater protection for human rights defenders.
The political crisis in Zimbabwe has been characterised by a series of politically-motivated
violations of civil, political, social and economic rights against real
and perceived opponents of President Mugabe.
