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Taner Kılıç
Taner Kılıç

Turkey: Free Amnesty chair Taner Kılıç

Taner Kılıç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, has been detained in Turkey and wrongly accused of belonging to a so-called "terrorist" group. This is further proof of how serious Turkey’s post-coup crackdown has become. Tell the Turkish authorities to drop the charges and immediately release Taner.
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.
Protest on abortion ban in El Salvador
Protest on abortion ban in El Salvador

Urge El Salvador to end the ban on abortion

Many women and girls are dying or being imprisoned due to the total ban on abortion in El Salvador. Women who miscarry have been accused of homicide and even rape victims are denied a termination. For the first time since 1998 there’s a chance to overturn the archaic law causing unnecessary pain and suffering for thousands of women and children.
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.
Protest for staff at Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta
Protest for staff at Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta

Protect journalists who revealed abuse of gay men in Chechnya

Staff at Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta are fearing for their lives. On 1 April they exposed reports that over a hundred men suspected of being gay had been abducted, abused and some even killed because of their perceived sexuality. Call on Russian authorities to protect these journalists.
Syria chemical attack
Syria chemical attack

Demand justice for victims of Syria chemical attack

This week a chemical attack killed more than 80 people and injured hundreds in Idlib, Syria. Lots of the victims, including many children, were poisoned as they slept in their beds. The UN must investigate this gruesome attack now and bring the perpetrators to justice.
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.

Guarantee EU citizens’ right to remain in the UK

It’s official. Article 50 has been triggered, and the UK is leaving the EU. Now Europeans face huge uncertainty about the future. It doesn’t need to be this way. Tell the Brexit secretary to end the continuing anxiety of people who call the UK home.
Ahmed Mansoor
Ahmed Mansoor

Free activist detained for blogging in the UAE

Ahmed Mansoor is a human rights activist and blogger in the United Arab Emirates. He was arrested under mysterious circumstances on 20 March and hasn’t been seen since. Before that, he had been the last remaining free human rights activist in the UAE. Call on the UAE to free him now.