Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim remains detained in Guanánamo without charge or trial after eight years, despite the fact that a US federal judge ordered his release in 2009. The Obama administration has appealed the judge's ruling. Urge the administration to drop the appeal, and to immediately release Saeed Hatim.

Domestic worker Rizana Nafeek was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for a murder committed when she was just 17 years old. Saudi Arabia is a state party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which expressly prohibits the execution of offenders for crimes committed when they were under 18 years old. The case has been sent to the King for ratification of the death sentence; if the King does ratify the death sentence, Rizana Nafeek will be at imminent risk of execution by beheading.

For peacefully raising a flag at an annual Indonesian ceremony, Filep Karma may spend the next decade or more in prison. Amnesty International considers Filep Karma to be a prisoner of conscience who has been detained for the peaceful and legitimate exercise of his right to freedom of expression. Please urge the President of Indonesia to bring about the immediate and unconditional release of Filep Karma.

Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist, is serving a ten-year prison sentence for sending an email to the United States. Call on Chinese authorities to release Shi Tao.

Prageeth Eknaligoda, a Sri Lankan journalist and political analyst, went missing shortly after leaving work in Homagama, Sri Lanka on January 24th, 2010.

Dhondup Wangchen, a Tibetan filmmaker, was sentenced on December 28 in Qinghai Province to six years' imprisonment for “subversion of state power” after a secret trial by Xining City Intermediate Court.

No physical evidence, alleged police coercion, prosecutorial misconduct, a ‘stacked’ jury. Stop the execution of Reggie Clemons!

More than 1.5 million Palestinian men, women, and children have been trapped in the Gaza Strip for over three years by the Israeli blockade. Call on President Obama to urge Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza.

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Liu Xiaobo was given an 11-year prison sentence simply for co-authoring a proposal for political and legal reform in China. Urge Chinese authorities to release Liu Xiaobo.

Under international law, the former President's admission to having authorized acts that amount to torture are enough to trigger the USA's obligations to investigate his admissions and if substantiated, to prosecute him.

Acclaimed film director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison plus a twenty-year total ban on all artistic activities, solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression.

Call on the U.S. government to support an international war crimes investigation in Sri Lanka.

Recently, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act became law. It will help ensure medical treatment and compensation for 9/11 responders and other survivors. Urge Congress to it fully.

Call on Swaziland to ensure Wandile Dludlu’s right to remedy for torture and unlawful detention, including access to justice, compensation and guarantees of non-repetition.

Call on the Sri Lankan government to immediately release hundreds of Tamil detainees or charge them with recognizable crimes.