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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.
Blog post 16 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: NGO leader charged under 'foreign agents’ law in Russian Federation
On 2 June, prominent Russian human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko was officially charged with “malicious evasion from performance of duties” under the “foreign agents” law.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Release Amnesty International Chair Taner Kılıç detained in TurkeyChair of Amnesty International Turkey Taner Kılıç was detained on 6 June, wrongly accused of membership of the “Fethullahist Terrorist Organization”. On 9 June he has been remanded in pre-trial detention. The charges against him must be dropped and he…
Urgent action outcomes 13 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Saudi Arabian activist detained after deportation
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Mohammad al-Otaibi has been detained in Saudi Arabia since 25 May after he was deported from Qatar. He was travelling to Norway where he had been granted asylum. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender threatened with violence in Bangladesh
Prominent human rights defender Sultana Kamal has received threats of violence from the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam, following comments she made on a TV talk show.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Sick elderly Iranian activist on travel ban
Elderly human rights defender Dr Mohammad Maleki, 84, is being prevented from leaving Iran to visit his children in the Netherlands and Canada.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabian activist held incommunicado
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Mohammad al-Otaibi has been detained incommunicado in Saudi Arabia since 28 May, after he was deported from Qatar. He is a prisoner of conscience and at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
What human rights activists look likeThe media often say young people aren’t bothered about serious issues like human rights or politics. At Amnesty International we know that’s not true. These are the stories of our young activists.
Blog post 08 Jun 2017 -
5 ways to make a difference right nowFeel powerless after GE 2017? You're not. Here are five things you can do right now, some which only take 30 seconds, to get involved and start making a difference.
Blog post 08 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Crackdown on Formosa spill activists continues in Vietnam
The Vietnamese authorities are continuing to crackdown on activists who have raised concerns about the 2016 Formosa environmental disaster and its aftermath.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist detained incommunicado for 17 days in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Ali Shaaban has been detained incommunicado since 15 May, raising fears that he might be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He may be a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in Sudan facing death penalty
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is now facing six charges two of which may result in the death penalty or life imprisonment if he is convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender's sentence upheld in Cuba
A Provincial Court upheld a three-year prison sentence against human rights defender Eduardo Cardet who continues to be held in the Provincial Prison of Holguín, south-east Cuba.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
China: Release activists detained for investigating abuses at factories making Ivanka Trump shoesPress release 31 May 2017
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Urgent Action: Defenders’ home invaded, safety at risk in Venezuela
Unidentified persons broke into the residence of Venezuelan human rights defenders Yonaide Sánchez and Nelson Freitez.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender harassed in Venezuela
Authorities forcibly searched the home of human rights defender Ehisler Vásquez and prosecutors threatened to indict him when he requested information on the reason for the search.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017 -
Killings of human rights activists nearly doubled in a year - new report and campaignPress release 16 May 2017
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China: Human rights lawyer released on bail as relentless crackdown continuesPress release 10 May 2017
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Urgent Action update: Jailed Iranian human rights defender in poor health
Following 31 days of hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison, Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi is in poor health, and requires immediate hospitalization.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian human rights defender on hunger strike
Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi has been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison since 8 April. She is protesting the suspended prison sentences imposed on two of her sisters, Hanieh and Ensieh, for “insulting public officers on duty”.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2017
