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Mo Farah’s double double: Bringing us all closer togetherMo Farah's done it and arguably just become the UK’s greatest ever Olympian. Amidst the celebration, we reflect on the joy and pride this sporting achievement has brought and the need to remember that our country's success is never in isolation.
Blog post 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Blogger in Singapore faces up to three years in prison
Seventeen-year-old blogger Amos Yee appeared in court on 17 August. He faces up to three years in prison under the Singapore Penal Code for posts in which he allegedly “wounded the religious feelings of others”. His trial is currently ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
End Action: Rights lawyer and journalist released in Egypt
Mahienour El-Massry and Youssef Shaaban were released on 13 August after serving their 15-month prison sentence. Loay El-Kahwagi, who was sentenced in the same case, is still serving his sentence and is due to be released in March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Colombian peasant farmer communities risk displacement
Miguel Briceño, a leader of the peasant farmer community El Porvenir in central Colombia, has been threatened as attempts to forcibly displace the community intensify.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Blogger in Singapore faces up to three years in prison
Seventeen-year-old blogger Amos Yee appeared in court on 17 August. He faces up to three years in prison under the Singapore Penal Code for posts in which he allegedly “wounded the religious feelings of others”. His trial is currently ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Two human rights defenders on trial in Cambodia
Two Cambodian housing rights defenders have been arrested and charged with “incitement” for taking part in a peaceful protest calling for the release of five imprisoned human rights defenders. Amnesty International considers them to be prisoners of…
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UK: Tasers inquiry urgently neededPress release 19 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Dr Ahmed Abdullah's detention renewed again in Egypt
Egyptian authorities rejected the appeal of human rights defender Dr Ahmed Abdullah against the renewal of his detention for a further 45 days.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Two jailed artists serving 3-year prison terms in Iran
Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian and his filmmaker brother Hossein Rajabian began serving their three-year prison terms on 4 June.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Man released from psychiatric institution in Russia
Konstantin Zadoya was released on 3 August from a psychiatric hospital in Novosibirsk, western Siberia
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Jailed indigenous rights defender released
Mexican prisoner of conscience Ildefonso Zamora was released on 12 August after almost nine months in jail
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Trafigura unrepentant ten years after 'one of worst environmental disasters in 21st century'Press release 17 Aug 2016
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Syria: 10 die each day in government jails - details of 'systematic torture' revealedPress release 17 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Chinese activist charged with subversion
Prominent activist Wu Gan (better known by his pen name Tufu, ‘The Butcher’) has been charged with “subverting state power” and has been detained for 15 months.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
The horror of Syria's torture prisonsFor the first time ever, you can explore a Syrian torture centre. Together with research agency Forensic Architecture, we spoke to survivors of one notorious prison and have used their memories to recreate the sounds, beatings and fear.
16 Aug 2016 -
Why I’m trekking across PeruAmnesty UK Director Kate Allen on why she's dusting off her walking boots
Blog post 16 Aug 2016 -
The long crossing to Hungary: refugees between borders and barbed wireHundreds of people seeking asylum in Hungary are forced to wait in crowded 'pre-transit' camp sites. Day after day they hang on for news, elderly people in wheelchairs, pregnant women and small children included, sheltering from the baking sun in make-…
Blog post 15 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Man who did not kill set for execution in United States
Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.
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Urgent Action: Two activists face up to 10 years' imprisonment in Thailand
Two activists were arrested on 6 August for distributing materials critical of a draft constitution. Both face up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2016
