A low-level conflict between Indonesian security forces and pro-independence insurgents in Papua has resulted in a heavy police and military presence in the region. Violence there has increased during recent months and Amnesty International has received consistent reports about the police violatin...

In an unprecedented development, Yong Vui Kong received a second stay of execution by the Court of Appeal in Singapore on 8 December, enabling his appeal to be heard. Without the campaigning of people like you, the stay would not have been granted. We need to keep up the international pressure for ...

Japan continues to execute prisoners who are mentally ill, despite international standards which require that those with a serious mental illness be protected against the death penalty. Executions in Japan are carried out in secret. Lawyers face major obstacles in obtaining information, including ...

Despite some positive moves in the past decade, the police in Indonesia are still perceived today as a highly corrupt and mistrusted institution. Although police officials are in charge of promoting the rule of law, in reality they often behave as if they were above the law, a situation which is...

Suu Kyi trial enters final day in Myanmar. Amnesty International today announced on July 28, 2009 Award for 2009.Please write to Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), calling on them to secure the release of Myanmar's prisoners of conscience.

On Thursday, May 14, just two weeks before her house detention was due to expire, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested on highly dubious charges.

- Delara Darabi speaking to her mother the night before her unscheduled execution

Allegations of human rights violations by police officers in France include racist abuse, excessive use of force, beatings and unlawful killings. But cases arising from complaints of police ill-treatment are all too frequently closed without investigation.

On June 29, 2007, the government organised a ceremony in the capital of Maluku province, to mark National Family Day, which President Yudhoyono attended. During the ceremony, Johan Teterissa and 21 other activists walked onto the field and performed a traditional war dance in front of the President....

The Zimbabwes wealth becomes the talk of the town in Hong Kong, the forgotten human rights situation of people in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate.

Thousands of Rohingyas, who have been subjected to years of persecution in Myanmar, have fled in recent months on boats sailing for Thailand and Malaysia. However, the Thai military forcibly expelled around 1,000 Rohingyas arriving in southwest Thailand by boat, while the Indian and Indonesian autho...

Case of Greta Baghdasaryan Born in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Greta Baghdasaryan first met her future husband in 1986. She said that in 1989 he raped her and she became pregnant. In order to keep the pregnancy and child private, he took her to his parents house in Aragatsotn region and they su...

Thousands of women known as "comfort women" were forced into servitude by the Government of Japan for the armed forces in the 1930s before and after the Second World War.

Amnesty International has condemned the use of violence against peaceful protestors and is seriously concerned for the safety of all those detained across the country.

We need to keep the pressure on to ensure that Sudan doesn\\\'t obstruct deployment on the ground, that attacks are halted, that the arms embargo is effectively enforced and that perpetrators of violence are held accountable. Act Now . . .