Human rights activist Huang Qi, who gave legal advice to victims of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment following ...
Amnesty International said it deeply regrets the choice of Swiss voters to introduce a ban on the construction of minarets into theconstitution. The ban takes immediate ...
Hundreds of people in Moldova were detained by police following demonstrations against the Parliamentary election results in April 2009. Many reported that they ...
Belarusian youth activists sentenced to 'restricted freedom' forattending a peaceful protest have told Amnesty International how theywere targeted by the authorities ...
An Amnesty International delegation in Honduras monitoring the human rights situation around the presidential elections, has seen evidence suggesting an increased ...
Berzani Karro, a Syrian Kurdish man and possible prisoner of conscience, is reported to have been tortured while being held incommunicado for three months after ...
