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Iran: reports of fresh charge against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is 'worst fears come true'The British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is reportedly set to face another criminal charge in Iran.
Press release 08 Sep 2020 -
Burundi: Journalist Jean Bigirimana now missing 1,500 daysOn International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty is calling for the truth regarding the whereabouts of Burundi journalist Jean Bigirimana.
Press release 29 Aug 2020 -
Saudi Arabia: review of death sentences against three young men welcomedSaudi Arabia’s public prosecutor has ordered a review into the death sentences of three young men who were minors at the time of arrest and have been at imminent risk of execution.
Press release 27 Aug 2020 -
Belarus: 16 NGOs call on United Nations to convene special session on crackdownThe UN Human Rights Council must urgently convene a special session to address the human rights crisis in Belarus
Press release 26 Aug 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Mapuche spiritual leader ends hunger strike
On 18 August 2020, the spiritual leader of the Mapuche people, machi Celestino Córdova Tránsito, ended his hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Aug 2020 -
Iraq: 2,000 traumatised Yezidi children abandoned after ISIS captivity - new reportPress release 29 Jul 2020
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Brazil: auditor calls out meat company JBS's claims over Amazon supply chainA former auditor monitoring the supply chain of the leading global meat packing company JBS has called out the firm for falsely claiming its operations in Brazil’s Amazon region are deforestation-free.
Press release 22 Jul 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: Opposition leader released from prison
After being in detention since October 2019, José Daniel Ferrer García was sent to house arrest in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jul 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Teacher and protest organizer released on bailOn 30 May 2020, teacher and activist Badal Abdulbaqi Aba Bakr Barwari was released on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Man executed for crime when he was 18 years old
Billy Wardlow was executed on 8 July 2020.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Jul 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Monitoring of threats to lawmakers continues
Venezuelan National Assembly opposition members, as well as their families and staff continue being subjected to threats.
Urgent action outcomes 13 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 -
UA Billy WardlowUrgent action outcomes 29 Jun 2020
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Court rules Evelyn Hernández is innocentEvelyn Hernández was charged with murder for having an abortion. She has been ruled innocent.
09 Jun 2020 -
Cambodia: Reforms to tackle prison overcrowding ‘must go further and put human rights at the core of drug policy’
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch want reforms to be deepened and made permanent, through the review and amendment of the Law on Drug Control
Press release 03 Jun 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Man with claims of innocence executed in MissouriWalter Barton was executed on 19 May 2020. He was on death row in Missouri, USA since 2006.
Urgent action outcomes 29 May 2020 -
Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's latest furlough extension given cautious welcomeResponse to reports from her husband that the British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will again have her temporary furlough release from jail in Iran extended.
Press release 20 May 2020 -
Singapore: Man sentenced to death via Zoom in 'cruel and inhumane' move by authoritiesPress release 20 May 2020
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UK: 'draconian' new terrorism measures criticisedResponse to an announcement by the Government of a new Counter Terrorism and Sentencing Bill.
Press release 20 May 2020
