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Syria: cluster munitions and barrel bombs being used against civilians in IdlibPeople in Idlib have already been suffering from intensifying attacks for weeks
Press release 14 Sep 2018 -
Narges Mohammadi: Iranian human rights defender wins Nobel Peace PrizeIranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while in prison in Iran.
Press release 10 Sep 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese rights defender faces 15 years in jail
Zhen Jianghua reportedly stood trial over the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” on 10 August.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Sep 2018 -
Urgent Action: Anti-slavery activists arbitrarily detained in Mauritania
2 members of the anti-slavery organization IRA were arbitrarily arrested. They were charged and denied access to lawyers.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Sep 2018 -
Israel: Supreme Court's ruling on Khan al-Ahmar village demolition is 'shameful'‘The court has … validated the discriminatory policies of the Israeli authorities’ - Saleh Higazi
Press release 05 Sep 2018 -
Syria: warning over 'dire' situation for civilians in Idlib‘The lives of millions of people in Idlib are now in the hands of Russia, Turkey and Iran’
Press release 05 Sep 2018 -
Good things come in threesThese last weeks of summer have been exceptional for us, seeing the release of three human rights defenders. July saw the release of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, in early August our much loved Turkish colleague Taner Kilic was freed and finally in…
Blog post 29 Aug 2018 -
Essay: Not Just WilberforceEssays on Human Rights Defenders in Hull and East Yorkshire.
Teaching resource 23 Aug 2018 -
Saudia Arabia: Outrageous ongoing detention of women's rights defenders reaches 100 daysPress release 22 Aug 2018
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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: 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 -
Taner Kılıç released after 432 days in jailTaner Kılıç - Chair of Amnesty Turkey - was released on 31 January 2018 after eight months in jail in Turkey. Read more now.
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 -
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 defend the defenders?
Every day, ordinary people with extraordinary passion stand up for human rights, they are called human rights defenders. But they are in great danger. So who’s protecting them?
Blog post 14 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous leader threatened by armed men in Paraguay
Amada Martínez, Indigenous human rights defender, was threatened by armed men wearing uniforms of a hydroelectric plant.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Activist sentenced to one year, others released in Niger
3 activists were released after being handed a 3 month suspended sentence. A 4th activist was sentenced to one year.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous activist slandered and stigmatised in Venezuela
Military official accuses Indigenous environmental rights defender Lisa Henrito of “treason” - on national TV.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Threats against indigenous rights defenders in Malaysia
Indigenous human rights defenders face sustained intimidation and threats of physical violence.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience on hunger strike in Egypt
Human rights defender Hanan Badr el-Din has begun a hunger strike after her pre-trial detention has been extended.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2018
