HAVANA (AP) – Amnesty International designated a sixth Cuban dissident jailed in the island nation as a “prisoner of conscience” Wednesday and called for his immediate and unconditional release. Ivan ...

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Amnesty International announced on Wednesday that it designated four people in Cuba as prisoners of conscience. The prisoners of conscience include political dissident Félix Navarro, independent ...

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 ...

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has demanded the immediate release of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, describing him as a “prisoner of conscience.”The party made the call on ...

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 ...

Four years after their arrest for peacefully advocating for political reform, two members of the Eswatini Parliament, Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube, have been declared “prisoners of conscience” by ...

The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has declared former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, a prisoner of conscience and called for his immediate release ...

The Network of International Human Rights Organisations and Coalitions say it may soon adopt detained Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore, as a “Prisoner of Conscience”. The Civil Society ...