Many prisoners of conscience remain behind bars in Myanmar despite a new amnesty announced by the government.

A year after he was awarded the Nobel peace prize, activist Liu Xiabo continues to be held incommunicado, while his wife is under house arrest.

Death row prisoner Troy Davis has been executed in the state of Georgia despite serious doubts surrounding his conviction

Prime Minister Najib Razak plans to repeal the Internal Security Act, which allows the authorities to detain people indefinitely without charge or trial.

The UN needs to act now to end the crisis of impunity that lingers in Sri Lanka more than two years after the civil war ended.

NATO's decision to end detainee transfers to Afghan prisons highlights the international forces' failure to boost the rule of law in Afghanistan.

Amnesty International calls for release of 56-year-old activist detained after organizing a demonstration in support of bloggers.

At least three people were killed when police fired on 500 farmers gathered to protest a pipeline bringing water to an industrial township.

The activists, known as the E06, were arrested in relation to an electoral reform rally and held without charge for a month