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Vietnam: Catholic prisoner of conscience released after 18 years' imprisonment

Reverend Pham Ngoc Lien (Tri), of the Congregation of the Mother Coredemptrix (CMC), and Le Thi Hong Lien, a young member of the Mennonite Christian Church, were released on 28 April 2005, under a...

Zimbabwe: New report reveals catalogue of abuses against human rights campaigners

In a new report, Zimbabwe: Human Rights Defenders Under Siege , Amnesty International catalogues the misuse of state power against those who campaign to protect human rights. These include: the...

UK: Special Amnesty screening of the hard-hitting new film on Israel/Palestinian conflict, 'Private'

After the screening there will be a special panel event comprising: Mohammad Bakri, distinguished Palestinian actor and director who plays the film's lead character Ahmad Samih Khalidi, Palestinian...

Nepal: Human rights must be restored after lifting of state of emergency

The three organisations pointed out that the lifting of the State of Emergency occurred almost simultaneously with the publication of an order by the Kathmandu District Authority against public...

UK: Law Lords to decide if 'evidence' obtained by torture is admissible

On 18 April 2005 the Law Lords agreed to allow the above-mentioned coalition to intervene in the forthcoming appeal before their Lordships arising from an August 2004 ruling of the Court of Appeal of...

World press freedom day: Human rights activists harassed, tortured and persecuted

The Russian Federation, Belarus and Turkey are among the countries in Europe and Central Asia with the poorest record of government harassment and persecution of people for peacefully exercising these...

Saudi Arabia: Urgent appeal launched for 35 men facing flogging for attending 'gay wedding'

According to a recent Agence France Presse report, the sentences were imposed after the "gay wedding" took place in Jeddah in March. The men could be flogged at any time. Amnesty International...

Iraq: Still no justice for torture abuse one year on from Abu Ghraib photographs

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan said: "People around the world will be recalling the horrific images they saw a year ago and wondering what happened to those prisoners. Did they...

Vietnam: Prisoner amnesty welcomed, call for all prisoners of conscience to be released

Among those to be released are Reverend Pham Ngoc Lien, a 63-year-old member of the Catholic Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix (CMC), who has spent the last 18 years in prison, and Le Thi Hong...

Yemen: Young mother faces execution for crime committed when 16

Amina Ali Abdulatif only escaped the firing squad in 2002 because the executioners noticed she was pregnant, according to reports from her lawyer. She was reportedly raped by one of the guards at al...