From Amnesty International;
Leaders worldwide condemned Myanmar’s decision last week to extend Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s imprisonment by 18 months after finding her guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest.
It’s time for global leaders to match words with actions.
While Amnesty applauds the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ condemnation of the verdict in [...]
The US Supreme Court has ordered that a death row inmate should receive a new hearing to see if evidence not heard at his trial proves his innocence. Troy Davis was convicted in 1991 of killing a policeman in the southern state of Georgia, but key witnesses have recanted their testimony. In September the Supreme [...]
The Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been found guilty on the 11th August 2009 of violating state security laws, in effect preventing her from campaigning in next year’s elections. A court in Rangoon convicted her of breaking the terms of her house arrest when she allowed an American man, John Yettaw, to [...]
