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Urgent Action update: Journalist arrested twice in 6 weeks
Maria Ressa, human rights defender and executive editor of online news outlet Rappler, was arrested again on 29 March.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Apr 2019 -
BURUNDI: Amnesty demands immediate reinstatement of BBC
Burundi and Amnesty
Press release 29 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action: Labour activist detained without lawyer
Wei Zhili, taken away from his home by the police has no access to a lawyer and is at risk of torture.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Two Jehovah’s witnesses still detained
Artur Severinchik was released from detention on 15 March following the Khanty-Mansiisk Regional Court’s decision.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Chechen human rights defender jailed
The Shali City Court sentenced Oyub Titiev to four years in penal colony under fabricated drug-related charges.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Mar 2019 -
Gaza: Hamas crackdown on peaceful cost-of-living protests is most severe for a decade‘The crackdown on freedom of expression and the use of torture in Gaza has reached alarming new levels’ - Saleh Higazi
Press release 18 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: Poet acquitted and released
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 February.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action: Activist and opposition members charged with treason
Activist Rashid Mahiya and Members of Parliament with the opposition, Joanna Mamombe and Charlton Hwende were arrested.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender allegedly tortured
Human rights defender Joaquín Elo Ayeto was arrested on 25 February at his house in Malabo.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Mar 2019 -
Bahrain: opposition leader given six-month sentence for tweet about Sudanese presidentThe UK, as a key ally of Bahrain, urged to break its silence over ongoing crackdown
Press release 13 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action: Turkey must release civil society figures
Osman Kavala, Yiğit Aksakoğlu and 14 other prominent civil society figures are facing life in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Mar 2019 -
Thailand: Dissolution of political party highlights authorities' abuse of powerPress release 07 Mar 2019 -
Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan releasedEgyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, has finally been released after spending more than five and a half years in prison on trumped-up charges.
Blog post 07 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action: Jailed musician faces trumped-up charges
On 5 May 2018, Egyptian authorities arrested 33-year-old musician Rami Sidky at Cairo International Airport.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: Prisoner of conscience released
Azerbaijani prominent blogger Mehman Huseynov was released on 2 March.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action: NGOs and human rights defenders at risk
Proposed legislative reform in Guatemala would impose undue restrictions, controls and sanctions on NGOs.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Mar 2019 -
Northern Ireland: 'Press freedom at risk' as journalists face further police questionsAmnesty campaign to support journalists arrested after exposing police collusion in Loughinisland massacre.
Press release 01 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights lawyer at risk of torture
Yu Wensheng has been indicted and his case has been transferred from the prosecution to the court awaiting a trial date.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Prominent defender must be released
The final hearing in the trial against Oyub Titiev will take place on 11 March.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Jordanian journalist released
On 12 February 2019, Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer Salman al-Najjar was released from al-Wathba prison.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Feb 2019
