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Urgent Action: Chinese lawyer arrested for "subversion"
Jiang Tianyong, human rights lawyer detained under “residential surveillance in a designated location” for over six months, has been formally arrested for “subverting state power”.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action Update: Draft law targetting NGOs in Hungary must be stopped
A draft law targeting Hungarian NGOs receiving funding from abroad on the grounds that they may represent “foreign interests” was passed in the National Assembly on 13 June.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Health fears for imprisoned Canadian pastor in North Korea
Lim Hyeon-soo, sentenced to life in prison in hard labour in North Korea, has developed a host of health problems including malnutrition, high blood pressure, arthritis, and stomach problems as a side effect of medicine that was not properly administered.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Circus performer detained for 554 days in IsraelOn 12 June, Ofer Military Court, in the occupied West Bank near Ramallah, renewed the administrative detention order of Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha for three months.
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Urgent Action update: Robert Melson executed in Alabama
Robert Melson was executed in Alabama late on 8 June after the US Supreme Court lifted a temporary stay it had imposed a few hours earlier. It was the second execution in Alabama in two weeks.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Amnesty calls for unity in light of Finsbury Park attacksPress release 19 Jun 2017
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Illustrator Ross Collins on choosing The Journey to win the Amnesty CILIP Honour 2017Blog post 19 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action: Indigenous defenders attacked and at risk in Guatemala
Aura Lolita Chávez, a renowned Guatemalan human rights defender and Indigenous leader, and members of her organization the K’iche People’s Council (CPK) were threatened and attacked by unidentified armed men.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Detained media workers charged with defamation in Myanmar
Two media workers have been detained and charged with “online defamation’’ in connection with a satirical article mocking the Myanmar Army. They each face up to three years’ imprisonment if found guilty and convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Delusional disorder diagnosed, execution set in USA
William Morva, a 35-year-old US-Hungarian national, is due to be executed in Virginia on 6 July. A psychiatrist has diagnosed him with delusional disorder, and concluded that this contributed to the crimes for which he was sentenced to death.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Author Bali Rai on new Amnesty CILIP Honour winner 'The Bone Sparrow'Blog post 19 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action update: Two boys jailed for life after unfair trial in Somalia
Two boys have been imprisoned for life for murder. The boys say they were forced to confess to the murder.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Natalya Sharina victim of travesty of justice in Russian Federation
On 5 June, Natalya Sharina, ex-Director of the Ukrainian Library in Moscow, was found guilty of “incitement of hatred and enmity” and “embezzlement” and given four years suspended sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Qatar/Gulf dispute risks tearing families apart and spreading fear across the regionPress release 19 Jun 2017
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Children's books highlighting global refugee crisis win Amnesty CILIP HonoursPress release 19 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action: Syrian Kurdish activists arbitrarily detained
Syrian Kurdish opposition activists Mohsen Taher, Amin Hussam and Bashar Amin have been arrested by the Asayish, the police force of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)-led Autonomous Administration, in the north-eastern region of Syria.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Rich countries failing almost a million South Sudanese refugees in UgandaPress release 19 Jun 2017
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Peanut from Kaiser Chiefs: Why activism is importantPeanut from Kaiser Chiefs sits down with us to discuss how he got into activism and why it's more important than ever for young people to use their voice.
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Northern Ireland: new survey shows overwhelming support for abortion law reformPress release 16 Jun 2017
