Prison Conditions

Refugees held by Thailand must be freed - 17 November 2008

Ninety-two children are among a group of 158 Lao Hmong refugees who have been held under harsh conditions at a detention centre in Thailand for two years.

Europe urged to protect Guantanamo detainees who cannot be returned home - 11 November 2008

Five human rights groups urged governments to accept into their countries, those detainees who will not be charged with any crime but who cannot be returned to their

Pro-democracy activists in Syria face 15 years in prison - 8 October 2008

Twelve people are charged with "weakening national sentiment" for attending a meeting of the Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change.

Enforced disappearances: Annual Report 2008

Annual Report 2008 enforced disappearances [Algeria 50-1; Bosnia and Herzegovina 71; Chad 91; Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) 180; Macedonia 196; Mexico 205; Montenegro 210; Myanmar 217;

Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings - 5 August 2008

Matt Pollard, Amnesty International’s latest trial observer atthe recent military commission hearings at Guantánamo Bay, gives a sense of what it was like

Japan must respect rights of detained Greenpeace activists - 15 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the prime minister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, wh

Video: Murat Kurnaz, former detainee at Guantánamo and Afghanistan - 16 June 2008

Murat Kurnaz was detained in Afghanistan and Guantánamo without charge or trial for nearly five years.

No hiding place for torture - 5 June 2008

In June 2008, Amnesty International will campaign worldwide to end the use of torture and other ill-treatment. 

Parliamentarians meet US authorities over illegal detentions - 14 May 2008

Parliamentarians present US government officials with an Amnesty International declaration endorsed by over 1,200 of their counterparts worldwide.

Getting a glimpse of Guantánamo - 8 May 2008

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.