News just made public for personal safety reasons - Ye Guozhu, housing rights activist in China, was released from prison on 15 October 2008.
Ma Khin Khin Leh was among 24 political prisoners set free in Myanmar on 24 February. We had been campaigning for her release since 2004.
Sami al Hajj was a journalist covering the war in Afghanistan in late 2001 when he was arrested and transferred to Guantanamo Bay. The letters he received from Amnesty International supporters - more than 20,000 - helped him get through his six years in detention. Read his letter
Amnesty International welcomes the announcement that the Australian Government will support absolute prohibition against torture, both internationally and at home.
Amnesty International welcomes news that the Australian Government will make good on its election commitment to officially support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Some good news! Ye Guozhu, housing rights activist in China, was released from prison on 15 October 2008.
Ma Khin Khin Leh was among 24 political prisoners set free in Myanmar on 24 February 2009. Amnesty International Australia had been campaigning for her release since 2004.
Secretary General of Amnesty International welcomes US President Obama's executive orders to close Guantanamo Bay and ban torture, and urges the US to fulfil these orders speedily.
Group 78 main street and shops © Group 78
The Municipal Court has dismissed Group 78's request for an injunction to stop the forced eviction of their community in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Their homes may be bulldozed at any time.
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