All resources
Whether you're looking for something specific or just exploring, this space brings together resources from across the Knowledge Hub.
Search, filter and browse to find the resources you need.
Showing 2509 pages
Clear all filters-
USA: 'cruel' execution in Missouri set to go ahead despite innocence claimsThe US state of Missouri plans to execute a man who has proclaimed his innocence through five trials and faces execution despite claims that “compelling” evidence never heard at his trials could have exonerated him.
Press release 19 May 2020 -
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 -
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 -
Cambodia: 'War on Drugs' is rife with torture, corruption and on brink of triggering a COVID-19 catastrophe - New Report‘War on drugs’ has led to human rights abuses and dangerously overfilled detention facilities in the midst of the pandemic
Press release 13 May 2020 -
Egypt: 1,600 people held without trial have detentions extended despite COVID-19 fearsAmnesty International has called on the Egyptian authorities to overturn recent decisions by “terrorism circuit” judges to extend the pre-trial detention of more than 1,600 detainees, many of whom are prisoners of conscience.
Press release 07 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 -
Cameroon: Prisons at risk of ‘becoming epicentres of the pandemic’Press release 05 May 2020 -
Philippines: threat against broadcaster ABS-CBN is 'dark day for media freedom'Response to news that one of the Philippines’ largest broadcast media companies - ABS-CBN - has been ordered to cease its operations in the country.
Press release 05 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 -
Death penalty report 2019A global look at the state of the death penalty in 2019 - its use, legal issues, regional differences, resumed practices, and continued momentum toward abolition.
Reports and publications 21 Apr 2020 -
Colombia: Indigenous Peoples will die from COVID-19 or hunger if state does not act immediatelyDespite government promises, indigenous communities have received no support since the lockdown was enforced three weeks ago
Press release 17 Apr 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 -
Iran: more than 30 inmates killed by security forces during COVID-19 jail protestsAs many as 36 prisoners in Iran are thought to have been killed after the security forces used lethal force to quell protests among inmates who feared they were at risk of contracting coronavirus in jail.
Press release 09 Apr 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Supreme court confirms verdict in an unfair trialOn 17 February 2020, the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi confirmed the verdict against five Lebanese men.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Prisoners released having served sentencesOn 5 March 2020, prisoner of conscience, Hajer Mansoor Hassan, was released from Isa Town Detention Centre for Women.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2020 -
Ethiopia: journalists and opposition politicians held in prison a week after charges droppedPress release 07 Apr 2020
-
Iran: four years since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's arrest marks 'incredibly sad milestone'British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested on 3 April 2016.
Press release 02 Apr 2020 -
Iran/UK: return of Kamal Foroughi after unjust detention is 'marvellous news'The British former businessman was originally arrested in Iran in 2011. His long detention is part of a pattern of targeting dual-nationals
Press release 01 Apr 2020 -
Russia: 'devastating consequences' if COVID-19 sweeps through prisonsThe Russian authorities should take urgent measures to address the potentially devastating consequences should COVID-19 begin spreading among the country’s jails and penal colonies
Press release 31 Mar 2020 -
Syria: COVID-19 'could spread quickly' in inhumane prisonsThe Syrian authorities must cooperate fully with UN agencies and humanitarian organisations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country’s prisons, detention centres and military hospitals.
Press release 31 Mar 2020
