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Urgent Action: Journalist arrested for facebook post in UAE
Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer al-Najjar, was arrested on 13 December 2015 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in connection with a comment he posted on his Facebook account in 2014.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Update: Egyptian human rights defender detained
Lawyer and human rights defender Malek Adly was arrested and ill-treated by Egyptian security forces on 5 May
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Urgent Action update: Provide adequate medical care to jailed Russian lawyer
A lawyer sentenced to eight and a half years’ imprisonment for alleged extortion and damage to property after a possibly unfair trial is in urgent need of specialized medical care.
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Update: 33 men still arbitrarily detained and one ailing in South Sudan
33 men are still in arbitrary detention at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters in the capital of South Sudan.
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Update: Russian government critic's convicted upheld
Yekaterina Vologzheninova’s appeal was rejected on 26 April and she must serve 320 hours of “corrective labour”.
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Update: Kho Jabing's execution date set for 20 May in Singapore
The execution of Kho Jabing has been set for 20 May
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Urgent Action update: Ahmed Abdullah's detention order renewed in Egypt
Prisoner of conscience and human rights defender, Dr Ahmed Abdullah, had his detention renewed for a further 15 days on 7 May. He has been detained since 25 April solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Appeal Date Set for a nine-month jail sentence in Malaysia
Veteran activist, film maker and former political prisoner, Hishamuddin Rais, faces up to nine months in prison under the Sedition Act in Malaysia for his peaceful calls for electoral reform. The final appeal date has been set for 16 May.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Ahmed Abdullah's detention order renewed in Egypt
Prisoner of conscience and human rights defender, Dr Ahmed Abdullah, had his detention renewed for a further 15 days on 7 May. He has been detained since 25 April solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression.
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Kenya: Investigate police crackdown against protestersPress release 17 May 2016
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Northern Ireland: abortion statistics show law failing women – 833 travel to GB in 2015Press release 17 May 2016
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Peru hike for human rightsBlog post 17 May 2016
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Northern Ireland politicians owe LGBT community apology for failure to deliver equalityPress release 16 May 2016
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Northern Ireland: Redress scheme must be part of Programme for Government - child abuse survivorsPress release 16 May 2016
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The UK country where women face life in prison for an abortionThere is a near-total ban on abortion in Northern Ireland, even in cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormality. Women face life imprisonment for a health service freely provided on the NHS everywhere else in the UK. Find out why abortion in…
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Syria: armed opposition group committing war crimes in Aleppo - new evidencePress release 13 May 2016
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Iranian teenager tortured into 'confessing' faces execution at weekendPress release 13 May 2016
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Nigeria: Amnesty rejects false military claims against Giwa Barracks reportPress release 13 May 2016
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Boko Haram Summit: Human rights must be foundation of regional responsePress release 13 May 2016
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Why children’s books are importantSF Said, award-winning children’s author and judge of the inaugural Amnesty CILIP Honour, blogs on the importance of children's literature to change lives and shape imaginations.
Blog post 12 May 2016
