Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest. Her sentence was reduced as part of a prisoner amnesty f...

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's former leader, has had her sentence reduced again. She now has over 18 years left to serve. This comes as part ...

Myanmar's military leadership has pardoned former president Win Myint. This move raises questions about the fate of detained leader Aung Sa...

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her sentence reduced. This comes as part of an amnesty granted by the new president. Suu K...

Myanmar's leader commuted all death sentences in a blanket order on Friday, one of his first official acts since the 2021 coup leader was i...

More than 200 Venezuelan political prisoners were on hunger strike Sunday to demand their release under a new amnesty law that excludes man...

Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez -- the sister of the top lawmaker -- pushed for the legislation after she rose to power follo...

Russian authorities have outlawed Amnesty International, labeling it an "undesirable organization," a move that criminalizes any associatio...

A hydraulic press, allegedly used for torture and executions in Syria's Sednaya Prison, was revealed in a video. Rebels freed inmates, unco...

The head of the army-installed government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, announced the amnesty covering more than 5,600 people on Monday. St...

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei grants several mass amnesties a year marking the major Islamic and national holidays but this week’s ...

The third phase of release is due on October 2 and the action is underway by states and UTs, the official said.

The central government has already conveyed to all states the guidelines on who all eligible for amnesty and asked them to prepare a list b...

The prisoners went on a six-day protest hunger strike demanding swift procedural action including a common amnesty.

China may grant a special amnesty to prisoners not seen as a threat to society, in a rare gesture by the Communist nation ahead of the 70th...

19-year old Yelisei Vladimirov was sentenced to one year in prison for killing a squirrel in a city park in St. Petersburg, Russia.

"The verdict places a strong emphasis on the human rights of all persons, and should steer the country towards completely doing away with t...