A group of Christian activists have called upon the international community to do more to protect political prisoners and ...

Commenting on Amnesty International’s designation of Artyom Kamardin, Yegor Shtovba and Nikolai Dayneko as prisoners of ...

China arbitrarily detained thousands and convicted 1,545 “prisoners of conscience” in the last six years in what could constitute "crimes against humanity", a rights group alleged. The prisoners were ...

Ahead of President Trump’s meeting with the Chinese president, a congressman is leaning on him to ask for the liberation of prisoners.

GCHR reports that Ali Abdullah Al Khaja died after years of arbitrary detention, isolation from family, and imprisonment past his sentence, urging an independent investigation and the release of all ...

Ingabire Day, a day of solidarity and support for Madame Victoire Ingabire and other prisoners of conscience in Rwanda, was celebrated in October to commemorate her October 2010 arrest. Rwanda has one ...

Following last night’s presidential pardon of about 700 people, including many detained solely for expressing their political views or participating in peaceful protests over the period 1 January 2015 ...

Cuban authorities are escalating surveillance and harassment of families of political prisoners while denying adequate medical care to jailed dissidents, Amnesty International said Monday. The human ...

The Nicaraguan government placed 40 political prisoners under house arrest on Saturday, at a time when pressure from the United States is mounting against it and its main ally Venezuela, according to ...

Top row: Lok Bahadur Ghaley; Rinzin Wangdi; Chandra Raj Rai; Kumar Gautam. Bottom row: San Man Gurung; Birkha Bdr Chhetri; Omnath Adhikari; Chaturman Tamang. Photo: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Sha Bahadur ...