Good News
Mongolia a step closer to ending death penalty
The Mongolian parliament has approved a bill which aims to scrap the death penalty in a vital step towards ending executions in that country.
Freed doctors say Amnesty members gave them hope
Iranian doctors Arash and Kamiar Alaei (pictured), imprisoned for their internationally renowned work on HIV/AIDs were at a low point when they heard of Amnesty International’s campaign to free them.
Linan Abu Ghulmeh released
Linan Abu Gulmeh was released last week from administrative detention in Israel.
Iran frees 70 but hundreds more remain
Amnesty International welcomes the reported release of around 70 prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in Iran.
Freed Libyan prisoner of conscience thanks Amnesty
A prominent Libyan prisoner of conscience freed from detention has thanked Amnesty International for helping to secure his release.
Mao Hengfeng released, but in poor health
Chinese human rights defender Mao Hengfeng was released on 28 July, about a month before the end of her term of Re-education Through Labour (RTL), due to poor health.
Emadeddin Baghi released in Iran
Some great news from Iran where human rights activist and Prisoner of Conscience Emadeddin Baghi has just been released.
Celebrating 50 years
Fifty years ago a man named Peter Benenson wrote a letter to a newspaper about two Portuguese students who had been arrested for raising a toast to freedom in a Lisbon café while the country was under dictatorship.
Illinois bans the death penalty
Amnesty International today applauded Governor Pat Quinn for signing into law a bill banning the death penalty in the US state of Illinois.
Aung San Suu Kyi is free, but thousands more remain in Myanmar prisons
Amnesty International today welcomes the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, but calls on the government of Myanmar to immediately release all of the prisoners of conscience in the country.
