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Urgent Action outcome: Mikhail Tsakunov released, trial ongoing
Prisoner of conscience Mikhail Tsakunov was released under travel restrictions, after a year in pre-trial detention.
Urgent action outcomes 01 May 2019 -
Press freedom event dedicated to Lyra McKee
Amnesty International and the Queen’s Film Theatre have announced that an event in Belfast to mark World Press Freedom Day is to go ahead this Saturday and will be dedicated to journalist Lyra McKee.
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Journalist charged with spreading false news
Casimir Kpedjo, the managing editor of the newspaper ‘New Economy’, was charged with publishing “false information".
Urgent action outcomes 29 Apr 2019 -
Benin: Internet shutdown on election day a blunt attack on freedom of expressionPress release 28 Apr 2019
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Urgent Action update: Four umbrella movement leaders imprisoned
Four leaders of the 2014 Hong Kong pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests sentenced to 8 to 16 months in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Activist and opposition members await trial
Activist Rashid Mahiya and opposition Members of Parliament, Charlton Hwende and Joanna Mamombe are awaiting trial.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist formally charged
Journalist Amade Abubacar has formally been charged.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Yemeni academic held incommunicado
Professor and political figure Youssef al-Bawab has been held in incommunicado detention since 2 April 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Tiananmen “baijiu” activist sentenced to jail
Sichuan activist Chen Bing was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
UK rises on World Press Freedom Index - but serious risks to journalists remain"Amnesty International still has serious concerns about journalists being targeted for their work uncovering human rights abuses."
Press release 18 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Bloggers held for condemning corruption
Bloggers Cheikh Jiddou and Abderrahmane Weddady were arbitrarily arrested on 22 March in Nouakchott.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Falun Gong high school teacher detained
Falun Gong practitioner chemistry teacher Chen Yan is facing a trial for distributing Falun Gong materials on the street.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Nine umbrella movement leaders convicted
Leaders of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests each found guilty of vague and ambiguous “public nuisance' charges.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2019 -
Julian Assange should not be extradited to USAPress release 11 Apr 2019
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Urgent Action: Human rights defender under house arrest
Human rights defender Serikzhan Bilash has been under house arrest since 10 March.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2019 -
UAE: British woman detained for Facebook post should have all charges droppedPress release 09 Apr 2019
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Urgent Action: Jerusalemite journalist at risk of deportation
Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa al-Kharouf has been arbitrarily detained at Givon prison in Ramle, in central Israel.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2019 -
Arrest of Northern Ireland reporters 'sends chilling message to investigative journalists'
Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey will address Amnesty’s Media Awards ceremony this evening
Press release 03 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Thirteen protesters freed, fifty held arbitrarily
Judge ordered the provisional release of 13 protesters ruling that their arrest without a warrant was illegal.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist yet to be charged
On 5 April, Journalist Amade Abubacar will have spent 90 days in detention. He has yet to be formally charged.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2019
