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Publication Date: 12 November 2007

Arrests of members of the political opposition continued in Pakistan over the weekend as the government changed the law to make it easier to crack down on their oppone

Publication Date: 09 November 2007

Opposition defiant in Pakistan despite arrests

Mass arrests of opposition activists in Pakistan have increased in scale to such a degree that it's reported that there are no places left in jails to hold them.

Publication Date: 09 November 2007

The Monk's Tale: Death in detention

Amnesty International has obtained disturbing first-hand accounts from Burmese monks who witnessed the brutal attack on a monastic training school on 25 September.

Publication Date: 06 November 2007

General Musharraf cracks down on opposition

The crackdown against pro-democracy activists in Pakistan continues, with reports of more arrests of protesters and police beatings of lawyers.

Publication Date: 02 November 2007

Monks return to streets of Myanmar

In a display of courage, Buddhist monks have once again staged peaceful protests in Myanmar.

Publication Date: 31 October 2007

Stop the death penalty: Worldwide abolition now

Three men who escaped the death penalty joined forces in New York to campaign for a global abolition of this irreversible punishment.

Publication Date: 24 October 2007

Myanmar: Eighteen years of persecution

On 24 October 2007, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent 12 of the last 18 years under detention. She may be the best known of Myanmar's prisoners of conscience, but

Publication Date: 19 October 2007

Activists tell of Myanmar 'witch hunt'

Publication Date: 11 October 2007

Security Council deplores Myanmar repression

The United Nations Security Council has "strongly deplored" the use of violence against peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar.

Publication Date: 09 October 2007

World marches for Myanmar

People across the globe took to the streets this weekend in support of the people of Myanmar, who continue to be subjected to mass arrests and brutal repression.

Publication Date: 01 October 2007

Military stamps out mass protests

A heavy military presence on Myanmar's streets, combined with mass arrests, has stamped out the massive protests of the past week.

Publication Date: 28 September 2007

Violent crackdown on protesters continues in Myanmar

The military continues to step up attempts to crack down on protests in Myanmar. They are taking an increasingly prominent position on the streets and made hundreds

Publication Date: 27 September 2007

Myanmar authorities step up crackdown on protesters

The situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma) continues to worsen with reports emerging of escalating attempts by the authorities to repress ongoing demonstrations.

Publication Date: 26 September 2007

Myanmar demonstrators defiant in face of escalating repression

The situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma) continues to worsen with reports emerging of escalating attempts by the authorities to repress ongoing demonstrations.

Publication Date: 06 August 2007

Clock ticking on China's Olympic pledge

As the one year countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins, time is running out for the Chinese government to fulfil its promise of improving human rights in the run-u

Publication Date: 20 June 2007

Thai authorities endanger asylum seekers' safety

Over 160 Lao Hmong people were returned to their home country from Thailand on Saturday 9 June.

Publication Date: 12 June 2007

Internet dissident released in Viet Nam

Internet dissident Nguyen Vu Binh has been released from prison after spending almost five years behind bars.

Publication Date: 07 June 2007

'Off the record' secret CIA detention

At least 39 individuals who remain missing are believed to have been subjected to enforced disappearance by the US authorities.

Publication Date: 03 May 2007

Press Freedom Day: Global action needed to protect journalists

2006 was a year in which killings of reporters and media staff reached historic levels. All of society pays the price when journalists are killed with impunity and cen

Publication Date: 22 March 2007

The missing children of Laos

The Lao government claims to have "found" 21 girls and young women who have been missing since December 2005 when they were deported from Thailand.