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Detention and imprisonment

People in detention still have rights, yet many are held without fair trials, cut off from lawyers or family, or subjected to torture and inhumane conditions. Amnesty campaigns to end unlawful detention, expose abuses and free those unjustly imprisoned, including prisoners of conscience.

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Urgent Action: Release arbitrarily detained British national Ahmed al-Doush

Date: May 12 2026

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Venezuela: Government’s ‘policy of repression remains intact’ as release of arbitrarily detained does not go far enough

Date: January 09 2026

Abdulaziz al-Shubaily, ACPRA

Urgent Action Outcome: Abdulaziz Al-Shubaily Conditionally Released

Date: October 08 2025

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Urgent Action Outcome: Critic Released After Serving His Sentence

Date: September 30 2025

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