Parliamentarians present US government officials with an Amnesty International declaration endorsed by over 1,200 of their counterparts worldwide.
A life-size model of a cell at Guantánamo will travel to US cities to bring a taste of the harsh realities of prolonged isolation in detention to the US public.
Patrick Okoroafor was just 14 years old when he was arrested in May
1995. Two years later, he was sentenced to death for robbery.
Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, said In 2001 that allowing Beijing to host the Games would “help the development of human rights."
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the best-known of more than 1,850 known political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Myanmar.
The Chinese authorities must allow independent UN investigation into
the events of the last week in Tibet.
A man who spent nearly three years in secret CIA detention spoke exclusively to Amnesty International about his ordeal.
The Chinese authorities have engaged in a number of troubling crackdowns on activists and minority groups in the past week.
Amnesty International has received evidence that the French government
knew about the whereabouts of three detained senior Chadian opposition
figures as early as 11 February.
One year ago, Egyptian blogger Karim Amer was sentenced to four years'
imprisonment for the "crime" of publishing on the internet material
critical of Islam and President Mubarak.
