Wo Weihan, a 59-year-old medical scientist who was found guilty ofspying for Taiwan, was executed in China on Friday. His daughters andhis son-in-law describe how ...
A Zimbabwean human rights activist was abducted from her home at dawnon Wednesday by a group of armed plain-clothes men who identifiedthemselves as policemen.
Yang Jia was executed on 26 November 2008 after the Supreme People's Court approved his sentence on 21 November. According to news reports, his family had been ...
Prisoner of conscience Htay Kywe is on trial facing politically motivated charges for his role in the peaceful protest marches against military rule in Myanmar ...
Dr Ayman Batarfi, a 38-year-old orthopaedic surgeon, has been held in Guantánamo without charge or trial for nearly seven years. He is one of dozens of Yemeni detainees ...
Mohamed al-Qahtani has been in Guantánamo since February 2002. For about six months from August 2002 he was held in total isolation and subjected to sleep deprivation ...
Amnesty International invited the world to call on the Chinese government to deliver a positive and lasting human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics.
