Leader of Cuban opposition group visits exiles
The leader of a Cuban opposition group awarded Europe's top human rights prize spoke strongly against the Castro brothers during a visit Saturday to ...
Myanmar pardons 93, including political prisoners
Myanmar's president pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the ...
Cuban dissidents pick up EU prize, 8 years later
Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after securing ...
Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus
Syrian warplanes and artillery pounded opposition strongholds in Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched ...
Sudan releases 7 prisoners as part of amnesty
Sudanese officials say the government has released seven political prisoners, including a female politician, under an amnesty declared by President ...
Piece of Berlin Wall used in Albanian memorial
A memorial containing a 2.6-ton piece of the Berlin Wall was unveiled in Albania on Tuesday to honor former political prisoners who suffered under the ...
About 10 detained at protest march in Belarus
Rights activists in Belarus say about 10 opposition supporters and independent journalists were detained during a protest march in the capital.
Bahrain overturns acquittal of opposition figure
A senior Bahrain prosecutor says an appeals court has overturned the acquittal and sentenced the daughter of a jailed opposition leader to three ...
Islamic summit backs Syria dialogue
Leaders at an Islamic summit on Thursday urged a dialogue between the Syrian opposition and regime just as a new initiative for talks proposed by an ...
Russian wardens throw party for Stalin's gulag
Millions of people died in Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's gulag, but the 75th anniversary of the founding of one of the notorious forced-labor camps ...
Cuba dissidents approved, denied for passports
Two Cuban dissidents who applied for passports to go overseas under recently enacted travel reform reported mixed results Wednesday, as one former ...
Philippine dictatorship victims to be compensated
Almost four decades after he was arrested and tortured and his sister disappeared into a maze of Philippine police cells and military houses, ...
UN urges focus on North Korea human rights record
The U.N.'s top human rights official said Monday that as many as 200,000 people are being held in North Korean political prison camps rife with ...
190 Georgian 'political' prisoners walk free
Nearly 200 people considered political prisoners by Georgia's new parliament walked free Sunday under an amnesty strongly opposed by President Mikhail ...
Large protest for return of Basque prisoners
Tens of thousands of Basque separatist sympathizers marched in downtown Bilbao on Saturday calling for an amnesty that would allow ETA prisoners to ...
Sweaters knit by Myanmar's Suu Kyi sell for $123K
Myanmar's cash-strapped opposition party is tapping into the prestige of its leader: Two sweaters hand-knit by Aung San Suu Kyi have been auctioned ...
Chinese scholars push for mild political reform
More than 70 prominent Chinese scholars and lawyers have urged the country's new Communist Party leaders to undertake moderate political reforms ...
European envoy urges Bahrain to free prisoners
The head of a European Parliament human rights delegation is urging Bahrain to release political prisoners as a step toward easing an anti-government ...
Warsaw rally recalls Belarus' political prisoners
Poles and Belarusians concerned over human rights abuses in authoritarian Belarus filled a fake prison cell in downtown Warsaw, holding up images of ...
Ukraine's parliament opens with stormy session
Two months after an election criticized by Western observers as unfair, Ukraine's new parliament convened on Wednesday and the opening session was ...
Lawmaker: Iran dissident ends her hunger strike
A lawmaker says a jailed Iranian dissident has ended a hunger strike to protest prison conditions and a ban on visits by her family. Lawmaker Mohammad ...
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