This report raises the cases of 12 prisoners of conscience who are currently held in Syrian prisons. These include one man forcibly returned to Syria from Germany, following the rejection of his asylum application.
Amnesty International continues to receive well-documented allegations of torture and ill-treatment from vulnerable people in Egypt.
This letter is about the continued detention of Sok Yoeun, a Cambodian refugee and prisoner of conscience who has been held by the Royal Thai Government since December 1999.
Amnesty International is concerned about the continued detention of Al-Sayyid Mohammad Shabou, a Libyan physiotherapist aged 34, who was forcibly returned to Libya from Saudi Arabia in May or June 1998 despite having been granted refugee status in the United Kingdom in November 1997.
This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe between July and December 1996. It includes concerns regarding the treatment of asylum seekers in a number of countries.
This report provides an update on political imprisonment in Myanmar during the first nine months of 1997. It concludes with recommendations to the UN General Assembly and the SLORC.
This document discusses Concilio Cubano. Since its establishment in October 1995, dozens of people belonging to member groups had been detained for short periods and threatened with imprisonment on various charges if they did not give up their activities or leave the country. The action against them intensified in the ten days prior to 24 … Continue reading Cuba: dissidents imprisoned or forced into exile
This report lists AI’s concerns in Georgia in 1995-6. It includes a discussion of the concerns of displaced population wishing to return to the area in the future.
This document expresses AI’s concerns regarding the detention without trial of several people in the Republic of Congo, including three asylum seekers from the DRC.
This document includes quotes from former detainees of Guantanamo, and outlines what has happened to them since being released.