Prisoners Of Conscience | Amnesty International

Turkmenistan fails to keep human rights promises - 12 February 2009

Two years after the country's new government came to power, politically motivated harassment, detentions and imprisonments continue, according to a new Amnesty Interna

New Zimbabwe government urged to prioritise human rights - 10 February 2009

Zimbabwe's new unified government has been urged to place human rights at the top of its agenda.

Tunisian trade unionists' convictions upheld - 5 February 2009

Those sentenced were accused of leading unrest against unemployment and high living costs in the phosphate-rich Gafsa region of south-east Tunisia earlier in 2008.

Dissent violently repressed in Cameroon - 29 January 2009

Cameroon's government has routinely used killings and torture to repress political dissent, according to a new Amnesty International report.

Iranian Aids doctors tried in closed hearing - 8 January 2009

Detained without charge for six months, brothers Arash and Kamiar Alaei could now face up to ten years in prison for 'cooperation' with an 'enemy government'.

China urged to release scholar Liu Xiaobo from 'residential surveillance' - 7 January 2009

One of China's best-known dissidents has been under house arrest since 8 December, after he signed a campaign for political and rights reform in China, known as Charte

Amid new releases, government critic allowed to leave - 15 December 2008

The Libyan authorities have allowed political reform activist Idriss Boufayed to travel to Switzerland to seek medical treatment for cancer.

Trade unionists sentenced to jail in Tunisia - 15 December 2008

A court in Tunisia has handed down sentences of up to 10 years' imprisonment against 33 workers and trade union activists after an unfair trial.

President-elect Obama recommits to closing Guantánamo and ending torture - 18 November 2008

'Early action' promised on closing the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay and ensuring that the USA does not resort to torture.

Syrian court sentences activists to two and a half years - 30 October 2008

Twelve members of the opposition coalition the Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change are convicted of "weakening national sentiment.