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Urgent Action: Fears for prisoner of conscience in Vietnam after death threat
Human rights defender Tran Thi Nga was recently beaten up and has received a death threats from another inmate.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Palestinian NGO worker released
Abdul Razeq Farraj was released from prison. He had spent 14 months in administrative detention without charge or trial.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Cambodia: land rights activist Tep Vanny released after two years in detentionVanny was 'unjustly' detained for peacefully protesting the forced eviction of her community
Press release 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Syrian Kurd at imminent risk of execution in Iran
Kamal Hassan Ramezan, a Syrian Kurd on death row in Iran, was removed from his cell. He has not been heard from since.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Amal Fathy remains imprisoned in Egypt as trial is postponed
Amal Fathy’s trial was postponed to 8 September in one case and her pre-trial detention renewed for 15 days in another.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Nigerian journalist detained and threatened
Journalist Samuel Ogundipe is being detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Opposition politician detained in Uganda; signs of torture
Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, a Ugandan singer turned politician was arrested and later charged.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Whereabouts of community activist unknown in Angola
Joaquim Costa Zangui, the National Youth Secretary of the Democratic Bloc, was abducted by unknown men on 12 August.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Kofi Annan: Lifelong champion of justice, peace and dignity“The world has lost a great leader."
Press release 18 Aug 2018 -
Bangladesh: Nearly 100 arrests as crackdown on protests continueThe Bangladeshi authorities must end the crackdown on protests that has seen nearly 100 people arrested to date.
Press release 17 Aug 2018 -
Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect themIt has taken hundreds of heat-related deaths across the northern hemisphere for climate change to make global headlines.
Blog post 17 Aug 2018 -
New Secretary General Kumi Naidoo pledges support for African human rights defenders to hold the powerful to account“We need to see much more intra-African solidarity for the cause of justice."
Press release 17 Aug 2018 -
Indonesia: More than 70 killed by police in crackdown ahead of Asian GamesIndonesian police have shot dead more than 70 people in an escalating crackdown on what they have called ‘petty criminals’ in the lead-up to the 2018 Asian Games.
Press release 16 Aug 2018 -
Turkey: Released Amnesty chair thanks supporters for international solidarityTaner Kılıç has said thank you to everyone who campaigned on his behalf.
Press release 16 Aug 2018 -
Amnesty International's new Secretary General Kumi Naidoo sets his vision for human rightsAmnesty’s first South African Secretary General begins his term in office
Press release 16 Aug 2018 -
Kazakhstan: feminist activist in court for menstruation protestPress release 16 Aug 2018
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Turkey: Amnesty Chair to be released after more than a year behind bars“We are overjoyed at this news. It has taken us more than a year of campaigning and struggle to get here, but it appears that Taner will finally be freed" - Kumi Naidoo
Press release 15 Aug 2018 -
Will you help send backup to those who need it?Every day, ordinary people stand up for freedom and equality: for their communities, for themselves, for you. But they need backup to stay safe. That means they need your voice. Will you join us?
Blog post 15 Aug 2018 -
Will you help us side with rights?
Every day, ordinary people stand up for freedom and equality. They speak out for what is right and fair for all of us, but they are in great danger. Will you help us show them, and the world, you're on their side?
Blog post 15 Aug 2018 -
Argentina’s abortion vote was a stepping stone not a setbackAfter a marathon 16-hour debate, senators decided to reject an abortion law that would have saved countless lives. Despite this setback, change is inevitable.
Blog post 15 Aug 2018
