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Taner & Idil
Taner & Idil

Tell Turkey to free Taner & İdil

Amnesty Turkey staff are being held captive in their own country under false allegations of assisting "terrorist organisations". Tell Turkey to end this witch-hunt and to immediately release all human rights defenders.
Maldives
Maldives

Urgent: Stop executions in the Maldives

The Maldives is set to start using the death penalty again after 60 years. Three men who have exhausted all their legal options are facing execution by hanging 'by the end of September', according to the President. But it’s not too late for the tropical island to change their mind.
Evelyn Beatriz Hernández Cruz
Evelyn Beatriz Hernández Cruz

Urge El Salvador to end the ban on abortion

Women and girls are dying and subjected to obscene prison sentences because of the total ban on abortion in El Salvador. Girls like Evelyn (pictured) — a teenage rape survivor who has just been jailed for 30 years for suffering a miscarriage. For the first time since 1998 there’s a chance to overturn the archaic law.

Stop 14 men being executed in Saudi Arabia

Most of us could be forced to say anything under torture. This is what has happened to 14 men about to be beheaded in Saudi Arabia. Yet they have still been charged with offences related to their alleged participation in anti-government protests – and their shocking executions are imminent.
Esther Kiobel
Esther Kiobel

Support Esther's battle for justice against Shell

In a real life David vs Goliath face-off, Esther Kiobel is taking oil giant, Shell to court in a final fight for justice for the execution of her husband, environmental activist Dr Barinem Kiobel. Tell Shell you're with Esther.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi

Help get Nazanin and Kamal home

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamran Foroughi, both British-Iranians, both imprisoned in Iran on dubious charges and separated from loved ones, and both overlooked by the UK government for far too long. Act now to bring them home.
Executed Somalian boys
Executed Somalian boys

Demand justice for boys tortured and jailed for life

When two Somalian teenagers were arrested they were were violently tortured – reporting electrocutions, genital mutilation, drownings, beatings and rape. Now they face life in prison after being forced into a confession. Demand they are released or have a fair retrial.
Hundreds of gay men targeted in Chechnya
Hundreds of gay men targeted in Chechnya

Chechnya: stop abducting and killing gay men

Scores of gay men in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya have recently been rounded up, tortured and some even killed as part of a government-led, coordinated operation. Some have likened it to a 'prophylactic sweep' used to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. Chechen officials have denied the existence of gay men altogether let alone take responsibility. Take action now to safe guard the LGBTI community in Chechnya.
Tell EU leaders: don't let them drown
Tell EU leaders: don't let them drown

Tell EU leaders: don't let refugees drown

In 2016, more than 4,500 people fleeing hostile conditions at home drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean. Many more lives have already been lost this year. Despite this, European governments have reduced boats patrolling the sea, leaving NGOs alone to save lives at sea. Tell EU nations: don't let them drown.