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Cameroon: Prisons at risk of ‘becoming epicentres of the pandemic’Press release 05 May 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 -
Ethiopia: journalists and opposition politicians held in prison a week after charges droppedPress release 07 Apr 2020
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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 -
Cambodia: overcrowded prisons are 'ticking time bomb'Overcrowded, squalid prisons and detention centres risk becoming detonators for a major COVID-19 outbreak in Cambodia that will make the pandemic much harder to control.
Press release 27 Mar 2020 -
Syria: Death by coronavirus - the latest fate awaiting SyriansBlog post 27 Mar 2020 -
Egypt: Call for release of at-risk prisoners amid coronavirus crisisPress release 20 Mar 2020 -
Report: China's mass internment, torture, and persecution of MuslimsAmnesty International's report on the mass internment, torture and persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang in China.
Reports and publications 07 Feb 2020 -
Guantánamo: psychologists who created CIA torture techniques to testifyJames E Mitchell & John ‘Bruce’ Jessen responsible for waterboarding and other abuse
Press release 18 Jan 2020 -
China's Uighur Muslims: the truth behind the headlinesUighur Muslims are persecuted by the Chinese Government. 1 million have been sent to indoctrination camps. Find out what is really happening.
Press release 05 Dec 2019 -
The call that never came: how one Syrian torture survivor is refusing to let injustice crush himThe call that never came: how one Syrian torture survivor is refusing to let injustice crush him
Blog post 19 Nov 2019 -
Egypt: Urgent investigation needed after death in notorious Al-Aqrab prisonHossam Hamed died after allegations of torture in solitary confinement.
Press release 23 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian-swedish academic forcibly disappeared
Academic Ahmadreza Djalali has been subjected to enforced disappearance and is under pressure to “confess” to new crimes.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed cancer patient tortured in prison
Critically ill prisoner of conscience Arash Sadeghi is being tortured through denial of his access to cancer treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2019 -
Egypt: Rabaa massacre still haunting country - new briefing‘To this day, dozens remain on death row and scores behind bars simply for participating in the sit-in’
Press release 14 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking labour rights activist at risk
Sepideh Gholian has been on hunger strike in protest at the ill-treatment of her family and dire conditions in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: A decade in jail for defying forced veiling
Prisoners of conscience jailed solely because of their peaceful campaigning against discriminatory forced veiling laws.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Writer faces up to 10 years jail for story
Shakthika Sathkumara was arrested for writing a short story and sharing it on his Facebook profile.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Uyghur woman held incommunicado for 2 years
Buzainafu Abudourexiti continues to be held in incommunicado detention after she was suddenly detained in March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019
