List of Amnesty International-designated prisoners of conscience explained

See main article: Prisoner of conscience and Political prisoner. Below is an incomplete list of individuals that Amnesty International has considered to be prisoners of conscience, organized by country.

Australia

Bangladesh

Eritrea

See main article: Human rights in Eritrea.

Ethiopia

See main article: Human rights in Ethiopia.

Great Britain

Guatemala

See main article: Human rights in Guatemala.

Hong Kong

See main article: Human rights in Hong Kong.

India

Israel

Kuwait

See main article: Human rights in Kuwait.

Kyrgyzstan

Malaysia

Mauritania

Mexico

Morocco

Myanmar

See main article: Political prisoners in Myanmar.

Nigeria

North Korea

Pakistan

Philippines

Russia

Name Age Location Term Until Reason
45 9 years 06-08-2031 Political activism
41 Corrective colony No. 2, Vladimir Oblast25 years 17-04-2048 Political activism
Christensen, Dennis 45 Detention Center No. 1, Oryol Region 17 months 2018-11-01 Religious activity
Karimov, Ilkham 37 5 months 2018-10-25 Religious activity
Matrashov, Konstantin 29 Detention Center No. 5, Republic of Tatarstan 5 months 2018-10-25 Religious activity
Myakushin, Vladimir 30 Detention Center No. 5, Republic of Tatarstan 5 months 2018-10-25 Religious activity
Yulmetyev, Aydar 24 Detention Center No. 5, Republic of Tatarstan 5 months 2018-10-25 Religious activity
Mikhailov, Dmitriy 40 5 months 2018-10-19 Religious activity
Klimov, Sergey 48 Detention Center No. 1, Tomsk Region 5 months 2018-10-31 Religious activity
Osadchuk, Valentin 42 Detention Center No. 1, Primorskiy Territory 7 months 2018-11-20 Religious activity
Bazhenov, Konstantin 43 6 months 2018-12-12 Religious activity
Makhammadiev, Felix 33 Detention Center No. 1, Saratov Region 6 months 2018-12-12 Religious activity
Budenchuk, Aleksey 35 Detention Center No. 1, Saratov Region 6 months 2018-12-12 Religious activity
Stupnikov, Andrey 44 4 months 2018-11-02 Religious activity
Polyakova, Anastasiya 34 Detention Center No. 1, Omsk Region 5 months 2018-11-20 Religious activity
Polyakov, Sergey 46 Detention Center No. 1, Omsk Region 5 months 2018-11-20 Religious activity
Alushkin, Vladimir 54 Detention Center No. 1, Penza Region 4 months 2018-11-14 Religious activity
Levchuk, Vadim 46 4 months 2018-11-19 Religious activity
Britvin, Sergey 52 Detention Center No. 1, Kemerovo Region 4 months 2018-11-19 Religious activity
Barmakin, Dmitriy 44 Detention Center No. 1, Primorskiy Territory 4 months 2018-10-27 Religious activity
Moskalenko, Valeriy 51 4 months 2018-12-02 Religious activity
Sorokina, Nataliya 43 1 month 12 days 2018-11-19 Religious activity
Troshina, Mariya 41 Detention Center No. 1, Smolensk Region 1 month 12 days 2018-11-19 Religious activity
Onishchuk, Andzhey 50 Unconfirmed 1 month 24 days 2018-12-02 Religious activity
Korobeynikov, Vladimir 65 Unconfirmed Unconfirmed Religious activity
Suvorkov, Andrey 25 Unconfirmed 1 month 25 days 2018-12-03 Religious activity
Suvorkov, Evgeniy 40 Unconfirmed 1 month 24 days 2018-12-02 Religious activity
Khalturin, Maksim 44 Unconfirmed 1 month 24 days 2018-12-02 Religious activity
Ivanov, Dmitry[27] 24Unconfirmed8,5 yearsPolitical activism

Saudi Arabia

Sudan

Syria

See main article: Political prisoners in Syria.

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United States

See main article: Political prisoners in the United States.

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

See main article: Political prisoners in Venezuela.

Vietnam

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BANGLADESH: GUARANTEE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND FAIR TRIAL RIGHTS TO DETAINED FORMER PRIME MINISTER BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA.
  2. News: Eritrea: Prisoners of conscience held for a decade must be released. Amnesty International . 15 September 2011 . 26 December 2011.
  3. News: Annual Report 2011 . Amnesty International . 2011 . 28 May 2011.
  4. Web site: Amnesty International. Eskinder Nega. 16 June 2013. 3 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403212712/http://www.amnesty.org.nz/eskinder-nega. dead.
  5. Web site: Amnesty International. Bernardo Caal Xol. 16 July 2020 . 31 March 2022.
  6. Web site: Amnesty International. Guatemala: Amnistía Internacional exige la inmediata e incondicional liberación de la presa de conciencia Virginia Laparra. 28 November 2022 . 28 November 2022. Spanish.
  7. Web site: Hong Kong: "Vindictive" jail terms for pro-democracy leaders . Amnesty International . 18 August 2017.
  8. Web site: Indian human rights activist Binayak Sen to be released on bail . 15 April 2011 . Amnesty International . 17 April 2011.
  9. Web site: India: Release Soni Sori on International Women's Day . 7 March 2012 . Amnesty International . 7 March 2012.
  10. Web site: Chanu. Irom Sharmila. India must release prisoner of conscience on prolonged hunger strike. 14 January 2014.
  11. Web site: Decision To Send HRDs Gautam Navlakha And Anand Teltumbde To Jail Is Cruel And Disappointing . 10 April 2020 . Amnesty International . 25 May 2020.
  12. News: The Arrest Of Syed Ali Shah Geelani . Outlook .
  13. News: Mir . Hilal . February 11, 2020 . Kashmir observes death anniversary of Maqbool Bhat . Anadolu Agency .
  14. Web site: Kuwaiti man sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for 'insulting' Tweets . 7 June 2012 . Amnesty International . 8 June 2012.
  15. Web site: Kyrgyzstan: Further Information: Prisoner of Conscience on Brink of Death: Azimzhan Askarov . 12 November 2010 . Amnesty International . 17 April 2011.
  16. Web site: Detained student activist at risk of torture . 28 October 2014 . Amnesty International . 28 October 2014.
  17. Web site: Document. www.amnesty.org. en. 2017-03-16.
  18. Web site: Originally Sentenced to Death, a Blogger Goes Before Mauritania's Supreme Court. 2017-01-29. Global Voices Advocacy. 2017-03-16.
  19. Web site: 1997-04-30 . Mexico: Silencing dissent: the imprisonment of Brigadier General Jose Francisco Gallardo Rodriguez . 2023-07-02 . Amnesty International . en.
  20. Web site: Morocco holding independent editor over coverage of al-Qa'ida video . 18 September 2013 . Amnesty International . 2 October 2013.
  21. Web site: Phyoe Phyoe Aung, Myanmar. Amnesty International. 3 January 2016.
  22. Web site: Fela Kuti, PoC, Nigeria . 16 February 2017.
  23. Web site: Omoyele Sowore, PoC, Nigeria . 20 November 2019.
  24. Web site: Olawale Bakare, PoC, Nigeria . 20 November 2019.
  25. Web site: Agba Jalingo, PoC, Nigeria . 20 November 2019.
  26. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/pakistan-authorities-immediately-unconditionally-release-junaid-hafeez/ Pakistan: Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Junaid Hafeez
  27. Web site: 2023-03-07 . Student blogger sentenced to long imprisonment in brutal repression of anti-war dissent in Russia . 2024-02-26 . Amnesty International . en.
  28. Web site: Protestor Sent to Mental Institution . 9 October 2013 . Amnesty International . 18 October 2013.
  29. Web site: Анатомия несправедливости: Процесс по Болотной . 3 October 2013 . Amnesty International . 3 October 2013.
  30. Web site: Россия: блогеру грозит до пяти лет лишения свободы . 8 September 2016 . Amnesty International . 10 September 2016.
  31. News: The List of Persons Recognized as Political Prisoners by Russia's Memorial Human Rights Center. 2014-01-22. Institute of Modern Russia. en-US. 2017-01-17.
  32. News: Потребуйте освободить Сервера Мустафаева: крымский правозащитник переведён в Ростов-на-Дону. Amnesty International. Ukrainian. Demand the release of Mustafayev Server: Crimean human rights activist transferred to Rostov-on-Don. https://web.archive.org/web/20200222053815/https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2019/12/03/krymskij-pravozashhitnik-server-mustafaev-perevedyon-v-rostov-na-donu-potrebujte-ego-osvobodit/. 2020-02-22. 2020-05-11. dead.
  33. Web site: CRIMEAN TATAR: NEVER SILENT IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE. February 2018. Amnesty International. 18 October 2019.
  34. Web site: Saudi Arabia uses capital offence of 'apostasy' to stifle debate . 24 December 2012 . Amnesty International . 2 January 2013 . 30 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121230180331/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/saudi-arabia-uses-capital-offence-apostasy-stifle-debate-2012-12-24 . live.
  35. News: Amnesty joins calls to free Saudi 'hunger striker' . https://archive.today/20130124202753/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i1rJMukU8NhOs170XKJI4kiJUGXg?docId=CNG.b9db698686022e61c12be4e24e911e29.7d1 . dead . January 24, 2013 . Agence France-Presse . 13 April 2012 . 16 April 2012.
  36. Web site: Saudi Arabia urged to allow prisoner of conscience to visit ill mother . 19 October 2012 . Amnesty International . 21 October 2012.
  37. Web site: Saudi Arabia: Trial of Riyadh protester 'utterly unwarranted' . . 22 February 2012 . 24 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120223203623/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/saudi-arabia-trial-riyadh-protester-utterly-unwarranted-2012-02-22 . 23 February 2012 . live.
  38. Web site: Death penalty fear for Tweeter facing forcible return to Saudi Arabia from Malaysia . . 10 February 2012 . 10 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212233050/http://amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/death-penalty-fear-tweeter-facing-forcible-return-saudi-arabia-malaysia-201 . 12 February 2012 . live.
  39. Web site: Saudi Arabia: Man might face death penalty for tweets: Hamza Kashgari . . 13 February 2012 . 24 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217203009/http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE23/002/2012/en . 17 February 2012 . live.
  40. Web site: Poet faces death for apostasy in Saudi Arabia: Ashraf Fayadh. 2016-01-27.
  41. Web site: Document. www.amnesty.org. 2017-01-17.
  42. Web site: Document. www.amnesty.org. 2017-01-17.
  43. Web site: Saudi Arabia: Fears grow that three young activists could soon be executed. www.amnesty.org. 16 October 2015 . 2017-01-17.
  44. Web site: Document. www.amnesty.org. 2017-01-17.
  45. Web site: Document. www.amnesty.org. 2017-01-17.
  46. Web site: New anti-terror law used to imprison Saudi Arabian human rights activist. www.amnesty.org. 7 July 2014 . 2017-01-17.
  47. News: Abdulaziz al-Shubaili gets 8-year sentence: ACPRA update and background - ALQST advocating for human rights Saudi Arabia QST. 2016-05-29. ALQST advocating for human rights Saudi Arabia QST. en-GB. 2017-01-17.
  48. Web site: Saudi Arabia Must Release All Prisoners of Conscience Immediately and Unconditionally Irrespective of Royal Pardon Conditions. Amnesty International USA. 2017-01-17.
  49. Web site: Saudi Arabia: Prisoner of conscience latest to be convicted in 'counter-terror purge' of human rights NGO. www.amnesty.org. 19 October 2015 . 2017-01-17.
  50. Web site:
    Sudanese Youth Activist at Risk of Torture     . 11 July 2012 . Amnesty International . 12 July 2012.
  51. Web site: Sudan must end clampdown on media . 15 May 2012 . Amnesty International . 14 May 2012.
  52. Web site: Release Syrian prisoner of conscience 'Ali al-'Abdullah . 4 February 2011 . Amnesty International . 26 December 2011.
  53. Web site: Syrian Activist Faces Secret Military Court . 10 August 2012 . Amnesty International . 17 August 2012.
  54. Web site: Urgent Action- Health Concerns for Detained Syrian Activist - Shibal Ibrahim . 24 January 2012 . Amnesty International . 28 January 2012.
  55. Web site: Syria: activists forced into hiding by threats . 6 May 2011 . . 7 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110903133334/http://amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=19444 . 3 September 2011 . dead.
  56. Web site: Somyot lese majeste judgement on Wednesday . 22 January 2013 . The Bangkok Post . 24 January 2013 . 15 February 2013 . https://archive.today/20130215135908/http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/332024/online-appeals-for-lese-majeste-suspect . live.
  57. Web site: Tunisia: Mounting attacks on freedom of expression . 24 April 2012 . Amnesty International . 29 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160405015819/http://www.amnesty.org.au/news/comments/28465 . 5 April 2016 . dead.
  58. Web site: Leyla Zana . 2022-10-23 . Human Rights Foundation . en-US.
  59. Web site: Turkey: Prolonged imprisonment of Leyla Zana and others allows injustice to continue . 2022-10-23 . www.amnesty.org.uk.
  60. Web site: 11 Feb 2015 . Amnesty International назвала украинского журналиста Руслана Коцабу узником совести . Amnesty International calls Ukrainian journalist Ruslan Kotsaba a prisoner of conscience . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403053315/http://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2015-02-11-kotsaba/ . 3 April 2015 . amnesty.org.ru.
  61. Web site: Amnesty International Annual Report 1974–1975 . 1975 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111181850/https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/POL100011975ENGLISH.pdf . January 11, 2023 . Much attention has been given throughout the year to the case of Martin Sostre, sentenced to a possible 40 years' imprisonment in 1968 for the alleged sale of narcotics. The only witness of the alleged sale has since recanted his testimony, and AI believes that Mr Sostre was falsely implicated because of his political activities. He was one of the prisoners featured during Prisoner of Conscience Week in October 1974..
  62. Web site: Amnesty International Annual Report 1979 . 1979 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025165525/https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/POL100011979ENGLISH.pdf . October 25, 2022.
  63. News: Fraker . Susan . Vern . Smith . Elliot . Lee . US Political Prisoners? . 31 July 1978 . Newsweek . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221064331/http://web.mit.edu/esg-conscience/www/resr/mmr-young.shtml . February 21, 2023.
  64. Web site: This Month in North Carolina History February 1971 – The Wilmington Ten . February 2, 2006 . . . March 5, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060205022125/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/feb2005/ . February 5, 2006.
  65. J. Christopher . Schutz . 1999 . 71 . 1 . 43–65 . The Burning of America: Race, Radicalism, and the "Charlotte Three" Trial in 1970s North Carolina . The North Carolina Historical Review . 23522170.
  66. Web site: USA: Prisoner of Conscience, Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia Castillo . June 2, 2004 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221081341/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/092/2004/en/ . February 21, 2023.
  67. Web site: UA 60/07 Prisoner of conscience: USA Agustín Aguayo . March 8, 2007 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160114190513/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/041/2007/en/ . January 14, 2016.
  68. Web site: Canada: US woman possible prisoner of conscience: Kimberly Rivera . September 13, 2012 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221082050/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr20/007/2012/en/ . February 21, 2023.
  69. Web site: Document. www.amnesty.org. en. 2017-04-29.
  70. Web site: US Urged to Press Tashkent on Political Prisoners . 21 August 2012 . Institute for War and Peace Reporting . 16 April 2013 . https://archive.today/20130416020636/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/503795592.html . 31 August 2012 . live.
  71. Web site: UA 339/94 - Venezuela: ill-treatment / prisoner of conscience: Gabriel Rival Granadillo. 2021-07-18. Amnesty International. 13 September 1994.
  72. Web site: Venezuela: Prisoner of conscience / fear of torture / ill-treatment / health concern: Jose Antonio Landaeta Gatica, carpenter. 2021-07-18. Amnesty International. 29 August 1996.
  73. Web site: Faces of Impunity: Leopoldo López. Amnesty International. 24 September 2015.
  74. Web site: Venezuela: Further information: Prisoner of conscience requires medical care: Rosmit Mantilla. 2021-07-18. Amnesty International. 8 November 2016.
  75. Web site: Venezuela: Further information: Prisoner of conscience gets medical care: Villca Fernández. 2021-07-18. Amnesty International. en.
  76. Web site: Amnistía Internacional Acción Urgente Geraldine Chacón y Gregory Hinds PROVEA. www.derechos.org.ve. es-ES. 2018-05-12.
  77. Web site: Venezuela: Further information: Campaign for prisoner of conscience continues. 2021-07-18. Amnesty International.
  78. Web site: Venezuela: Prisoner of conscience remains on trial. 2021-07-18. Amnesty International. en.
  79. Web site: Prominent Vietnamese activist jailed over democracy calls . 5 April 2011 . Amnesty International . 17 April 2011.
  80. Web site: Urgent Action : Le Cong Dinh, human rights lawyer: arrested. 21 June 2009.
  81. Web site: VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES MUST RELEASE DR. NGUYEN DAN QUE . 28 February 2011 . Amnesty International . 17 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110429043201/http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE010892011&rss=iar . 29 April 2011 . dead .
  82. Web site: Vietnamese bloggers deny charges, third in leniency bid . 16 April 2012 . BBC News . 16 April 2012.
  83. Web site: Catholic Priest Risks Being Returned to Prison . 9 February 2011 . Amnesty International . 17 April 2011.
  84. Web site: Viet Nam: Halt crackdown on freedom of expression . 7 August 2012 . Amnesty International . 8 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808151121/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/viet-nam-halt-crackdown-freedom-expression-2012-08-07-0 . 14 August 2012 . live.
  85. Web site: Viet Nam: Prisoners of conscience released but dozens remain jailed . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030205/http://www.amnesty.org.nz/news/viet-nam-prisoners-conscience-released-dozens-remain-jailed . 29 November 2014 . 15 November 2014 . Amnesty International.
  86. Web site: 16 May 2018 . Viet Nam: Serious health concerns for prisoner of conscience: Trần Anh Kim . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128100614/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa41/8432/2018/en/ . 28 November 2023 . 12 July 2024 . . en.
  87. Web site: Viet Nam activist prison sentence condemned . 26 January 2011 . Amnesty International . 20 July 2012.

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