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Conviction of former Syrian official in Germany for crimes against humanity 'historic victory for justice'History was made when a German court in Koblenz delivered the first guilty verdict for crimes under international law committed by a government official in Syria.
Press release 24 Feb 2021 -
Ecuador: mass deaths in prisons violence must be fully investigatedPress release 24 Feb 2021
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Urgent Action Outcome: Pastor Steven Tendo released from detention
Steven Tendo, 35-year-old pastor and asylum-seeker, released from detention.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Feb 2021 -
UAE: Princess Latifa's 'chilling' video messages must be acted onPress release 17 Feb 2021
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Iran: prisoner flogged 60 times at weekend and still at risk of amputation punishmentAn Iranian prisoner who was flogged 60 times at the weekend and who has also attempted to take his own life on two occasions, is at risk of having four fingers amputated as part of a “shocking” and deeply “cruel” sentence.
Press release 17 Feb 2021 -
Bahrain: ten years on from Pearl Roundabout protests, human rights situation 'worse'Ten years after Bahrain’s popular uprising, systemic injustice in the country has intensified and the only structural changes since the mass protests at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama have “been for the worse”.
Press release 11 Feb 2021 -
Pakistan: 'landmark' ban on executing prisoners with mental disabilitiesPakistan’s Supreme Court has commuted the death sentences of Imdad Ali and Kanizan Bibi and placed a ban on the imposition of the death penalty on those with mental disabilities.
Press release 10 Feb 2021 -
Indonesia: two men publicly flogged 77 times for same-sex 'offences'Press release 29 Jan 2021
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Belarus: Protesters tortured and 'mercilessly beaten' following post-election protests - New ReportMore than 900 abuses by police logged, but not one criminal investigation has yet been launched
Press release 27 Jan 2021 -
Egypt: detainees in severely overcrowded jails being denied healthcare - new reportPrison officials in Egypt are subjecting prisoners of conscience and others held for political reasons to torture and deliberately denying them healthcare to punish their dissent.
Press release 25 Jan 2021 -
Urgent Action outcome: Thirteen federal executions in six months
Three people, including one woman, were executed in the last week of the Trump administration.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jan 2021 -
USA: Joe Biden must close Guantánamo - new reportUS President-elect Joe Biden should close the US military detention centre at Guantánamo Bay when he assumes the presidency later this month, said Amnesty International, as the organisation published a new report marking the 19th anniversary of the…
Press release 10 Jan 2021 -
USA: Trump should grant clemency to federal death row prisonersPress release 06 Jan 2021
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Urgent Action outcome: Guinean pro-democracy activist is free
Saïkou Yaya Diallo, the legal coordinator of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution freed from prison.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jan 2021 -
Urgent action outcome: Opposition members released
Political activists Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo and Gérard Yaovi Djossou were released from detention on 17 December 2020.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jan 2021 -
Urgent Action outcome: Indigenous land defender receives protection
Paraguayan authorities opened an investigation and provided protection to Bernarda Pesoa leader of indigenous community.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2021 -
Why Did Austria Protect An Assad Regime Torture Chief?Why Did Austria Protect An Assad Regime Torture Chief? Syrian human rights activists want states to hold Austria to account for violating the Torture Convention
Blog post 22 Dec 2020 -
Iran: Stop execution of man arrested at 16 and forced to 'confess' to murder under torturePress release 18 Dec 2020 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defenders Released
On 3 December 2020, Gasser Abdel Razek, Karim Ennarah and Mohamed Basheer were released and are now safely home.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2020 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Activist returned to Pakistan and released
Geelaman Pashteen, human rights activist and supporter of Pakistan’s Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) was released.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Dec 2020
