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Philippines: Human rights defender shot dead as 'cycle of bloodshed continues'Zara Alvarez a human rights defender from the Philippines was shot dead by unknown assailants in Bacolod City last night
Press release 18 Aug 2020 -
COVID-19: Jailed activists remain in virus-hit prisons as attempts to silence them continueAt least 131 activists have been harassed, prosecuted, killed or imprisoned on COVID-19-related pretexts
Press release 06 Aug 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Conviction of prisoners of conscience upheld
The Russian Military Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Crimean Tatar human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Jul 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Campaign for prisoner of conscience continues
Prisoner of conscience and union leader Rubén González has been arbitrarily detained since 29 November 2018.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2020 -
China: Female activist released after incommunicado detentionLi Qiaochu, an active defender of the rights of women and workers, has been released on bail and returned home on 19 June 2020.
29 Jun 2020 -
Egypt: Human rights activist arrested outside public prosecutor's officeSanaa Seif was detained whilst waiting to file a complaint after suffering a violent assault
Press release 23 Jun 2020 -
USA: Trump's sanctions against International Criminal Court employees 'yet another assault on justice'President Trump has authorised sanctions against ICC employees involved in investigating American troops, intelligence officials and those of allied nations for possible war crimes
Press release 11 Jun 2020 -
France: Prosecution of police officer who assaulted British volunteer helping refugees in Calais welcomedTom Ciotkowski pushed violently by police after recording a French police officer reportedly pushing another volunteer in Calais in 2018
Press release 10 Jun 2020 -
Libya: shocking new evidence of retaliatory attacks on civiliansNew evidence obtained by Amnesty International indicates that war crimes and other violations may have been committed between 13 April and 1 June by warring parties in Libya during the latest surge in fighting near Tripoli.
Press release 05 Jun 2020 -
Philippines: UN report on failed 'war on drugs' reveals urgent need for international investigation‘War’ has seen thousands murdered by police as part of a widespread and systematic attack against poor communities
Press release 04 Jun 2020 -
Ethiopia: Security forces 'must face justice for horrific human rights violations' - New ReportForces have burned homes to the ground, committed rape and extrajudicial execution in response to inter-communal violence
Press release 29 May 2020 -
Israel/OPT: challenge to travel ban on Amnesty campaigner to be heard by courtPress release 28 May 2020
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Syrian Torture Trial in Koblenz, Germany - Part 1Mansour Omari, a Syrian human rights defender, gives a personal account of the first day of a historic Syrian torture trial in Koblenz, Germany.
Blog post 18 May 2020 -
Zimbabwe: Authorities must account for disappearance of three opposition leaders after COVID-19 protestPress release 14 May 2020
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Saudi Arabia: 'heartbreaking' two-year anniversary of jailed women's rights activistsAmnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz to release prominent women’s rights defenders - two years after they were detained - describing their ongoing plight as “heartbreaking”.
Press release 14 May 2020 -
Syria: UN must not cut vital aid lifeline to Idlib amid Russian and Syrian war crimes - new reportA new Amnesty report details 18 cases - the majority of which occurred in January and February this year - where Syrian government and/or Russian forces targeted medical facilities and schools in Idlib, western Aleppo and north-western Hama governorates.
Press release 09 May 2020 -
Outcome: Women human rights defenders remain on trialEight of the eleven activists have been temporarily released but remain on trial for their human rights activism.
Urgent action outcomes 07 May 2020 -
USA: Pentagon report fails to acknowledge true extent of civilian casualties and deaths abroad
US claims military operations killed 130 civilians and injured 91 others in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia last year
Press release 06 May 2020 -
Syrian Torture Trial in Koblenz, Germany - Part 2Part 2 of Mansour Omari's deeply personal account of the Syria torture trial in Koblenz, Germany.
Blog post 02 May 2020 -
Syrian Torture Trial in Koblenz, Germany - Part 3Part 3 of Mansour Omari's deeply personal account of the Syria torture trial in Koblenz, Germany.
Blog post 14 Apr 2020
