Category Archives: Prisoners of Conscience

Testimony for Amnesty International

Posted on 2 December 2011 by Edward Herbert

By Chekib El-Khiari,  Former Prisoner of Conscience During my period of arbitrary detention, I spent nearly two years and two months in five prisons from the west of the kingdom to the east. It was a period full of rich … Continue reading →

Posted in Censorship and Free Speech, Prisoners of Conscience | 1 Comment

Testimonies from Bahrain: Memories of a jailed activist’s wife

Posted on 6 September 2011 by Conor Fortune

Khadija al-Mousawi and her jailed husband ‘Abdulhadi al-Khawaja © Private By Khadija al-Mousawi, wife of imprisoned human rights defender ‘Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. This blog was first published on 6 September 2011 It was on a Friday when we gathered in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Bahrain, Censorship and Free Speech, Human Rights Defenders and Activists, Middle East And North Africa, Prisoners of Conscience | 11 Comments

The fate of Dr Binayak Sen will help to show the real India

Posted on 8 February 2011 by gcrossing

By Ramesh Gopalakrishnan, Amnesty International’s India researcher Ilina Sen says she has no plans to go to Bilaspur this Wednesday. That’s the day the high court in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh will resume hearing on the appeal filed … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights Defenders and Activists, India, International Organizations, Prisoners of Conscience | 10 Comments