Human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh has been charged with attempting to overthrow the state. For this, he could face the death penalty. Two others are facing the same ...
Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed ...
Kurdish lawyer Mustafa Ismail was detained on 12 December 2009 and has been held incommunicado since then. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger ...
Amnesty International has called for the release of an Iranian studentleader whose arrest and detention have inspired men to cover their hairin an online solidarity ...
