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Urgent Action update: Stop prosecution of Jehovah’s witnesses
The criminal proceedings against Jehovah’s Witnesses Artur Severinchik, Yevgeniy Fedin and Sergei Loginov are ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2019 -
Myanmar: Genuine press freedom must follow release of Reuters journalistsGovernment must now repeal any laws that 'keep a chokehold on freedom of expression' - Nicholas Bequelin
Press release 07 May 2019 -
World Press Freedom Day: Journalists remain at risk for uncovering human rights abusesTrevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey arrested for work on ‘No Stone Unturned’ documentary.
Press release 03 May 2019 -
Urgent Action correction: Prisoner denied full medical check-up
On 25 February 2019, the Court of Cassation upheld Hajer Mansoor Hassan’s conviction and three-year prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2019 -
Twitter and Facebook failing to protect women MPs from abuse, Joint Human Rights Committee saysAmnesty has documented worryingly high levels of online abuse against women
Press release 02 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Journalist granted provisional release
Journalist Amade Abubacar was granted provisional release from Mieze Prison in Pemba City on 23 April.
Urgent action outcomes 01 May 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Mikhail Tsakunov released, trial ongoing
Prisoner of conscience Mikhail Tsakunov was released under travel restrictions, after a year in pre-trial detention.
Urgent action outcomes 01 May 2019 -
Press freedom event dedicated to Lyra McKee
Amnesty International and the Queen’s Film Theatre have announced that an event in Belfast to mark World Press Freedom Day is to go ahead this Saturday and will be dedicated to journalist Lyra McKee.
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
Nigeria: Children and women raped and abused in prison - new investigationHarrowing investigation details instances of rape and abuse against children unlawfully detained in a maximum-security prison
Press release 29 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Journalist charged with spreading false news
Casimir Kpedjo, the managing editor of the newspaper ‘New Economy’, was charged with publishing “false information".
Urgent action outcomes 29 Apr 2019 -
Benin: Internet shutdown on election day a blunt attack on freedom of expressionPress release 28 Apr 2019
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South Sudan: Twenty-year-old girl killed for refusing to marry
'The marriage and killing are not only illegal, but also inhumane' - Joan Nyanyuki
Press release 28 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Four umbrella movement leaders imprisoned
Four leaders of the 2014 Hong Kong pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests sentenced to 8 to 16 months in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action correction: Activist risks charges over forced ‘confession’
Suha Jbara was released after spending over two months in detention where she says she was tortured by interrogators.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2019 -
Northern Ireland abortion: Westminster inquiry mounts pressure on UK Government to reform lawWomen and Equality Committee report makes clear UK Government responsible for addressing breach of women’s rights in Northern Ireland
Press release 25 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Activist and opposition members await trial
Activist Rashid Mahiya and opposition Members of Parliament, Charlton Hwende and Joanna Mamombe are awaiting trial.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist formally charged
Journalist Amade Abubacar has formally been charged.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Yemeni academic held incommunicado
Professor and political figure Youssef al-Bawab has been held in incommunicado detention since 2 April 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Tiananmen “baijiu” activist sentenced to jail
Sichuan activist Chen Bing was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
Iran: fresh arrests of women for defying forced veiling laws
‘The Iranian authorities appear to be lashing out in response to the increased defiance displayed by Iranian women’
Press release 18 Apr 2019
