Muhannad al-Hassani, a Syrian human rights defender and lawyer, is in ‘Adra Prison in Damascus awaiting trial for his human rights activities. If convicted he faces ...
After 35 days held incommunicado, male Iranian prisoner of conscience Abdollah Momeni appeared in court in Tehran with five others on 14 September 2009. He is accused ...
Amnesty International welcomes the release of Mexican prisoner of conscience Jacinta Francisco Marcial, who was held in prison for three years after being falsely ...
Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been missing since February 2009, was seen in his home town in Shaanxi province, central China, in late June or early ...
Amnesty International's new report shows how Spain has one of the strictestdetention regimes in Europe, which is in breach of the country'sobligations under international ...
There has been no news of male Iranian prisoner of conscience Abdollah Momeni since his family visited him at Evin Prison in the capital, Tehran, on 8 August 2009 ...
Since the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA, carried out by a group that included Saudi Arabian nationals, and in the wake of bombings and other attacks inside ...