Prisoners held for average of eight years in solitary cells

The sentencing of five media workers in Burma each to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for “disclosing state secrets” makes today a dark day for freedom of expression in th

‘The burden is on President Obama to demonstrate that the surveillance was lawful’ - Steven W Hawkins

Responding to the prospect of an emergency Data Retention and Investigation Powers Bill, Rachel Logan, Law and Human Rights Adviser at Amnesty UK, said: