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Pakistan: 'Horrific' revenge rape order must prompt urgent reformsPress release 27 Jul 2017
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LGBTI rights are a work in progressIt's fifty years since the UK legislated for a partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. We’ve come a long way since yet we are still a long way off a truly equal society for LGBTI+ people both here in the UK and globally.
Blog post 27 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Bahraini human rights defender charged
Bahraini human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh was charged on 18 July by the Terrorism Crime Prosecution with using her human rights work as a cover to provide Alkarama Foundation with information and fake news about the situation in Bahrain.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activists deported from Saudi Arabia detained in Sudan
Activists Elgassim Mohamed Seed Ahmed, Elwaleed Imam Hassan Taha and Alaa Aldin al-Difana were deported from Saudi Arabia to Sudan on 11 July.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Imprisoned journalist must be released in Ukraine
Stanislav Aseev, a freelance journalist, who was missing for several weeks, is held by the Russia-backed separatists from the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DNR”) in eastern Ukraine. They accuse him of “espionage”.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2017 -
Poland: Presidential veto is a step back from the brinkPress release 24 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action update: Court stays mental exam of university lecturer in Uganda
Dr Stella Nyanzi, an academic and feminist, will not be subjected to a mental health examination after a magistrate court ordered a stay of the examination on 25 May. Dr Stella Nyanzi was released on conditional bail by the same court on 10 May.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Congress rejects regressive abortion reform in Dominican Republic
On 11 July, the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Congress voted to reject proposed reforms to the Criminal Code that failed to decriminalize abortion in limited circumstances and continued to violate the rights of women and girls.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Arbitrary detainees on hunger strike in Venezuela
The physical integrity and lives of 14 police officers arbitrarily detained for politically motivated reasons are at risk in Venezuela, since they began a hunger strike 23 days ago to demand that authorities execute their pending release warrant.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Bahraini prisoner of conscience in detention
On 24 May, the Bahraini Court of Appeal halved the prison sentence of Dr. Taha al-Dirazi from six to three months. He was immediately arrested to begin serving the sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: New sentence against human rights defender in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience, Nabeel Rajab, was sentenced to two years in prison on 10 July by a Bahraini court, and was convicted of “publishing and disseminating rumours and false news relating to the internal situation in the country” in relation to TV…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: De-facto authorities deny holding journalist in UkraineUrgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action update: Senate to vote on weakened draft abortion law in Chile
The Chilean Senate has begun discussing a proposed law aimed at decriminalizing abortion under specific circumstances, and is set to vote on the law next week.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Woman convicted under unfair anti-abortion law in El Salvador
While Salvadoran legislators have, for months, been postponing the debate on the Criminal Code reform that would decriminalize abortion, another rape survivor has been sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for having suffered pregnancy-related…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Kachin pastors face additional charge in Myanmar
Dumdaw Nawng Lat and Langjaw Gam Seng are facing an additional charge of defamation for speaking to media about human rights violations committed by the Myanmar Army.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Detained defender interrogated continuously in Bahrain
Bahraini human rights defender, Ebtisam al-Saegh, has been under continuous and lengthy interrogation since her arrest on 3 July when she also started a hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Sudanese activist at imminent risk of deportation from Saudi Arabia
Sudanese political activist Alaa Aldin al-Difana is at imminent risk of being deported from Saudi Arabia to Sudan, where he would be at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Book and Activities: My Little Book of Big FreedomsMy Little Book of BIG Freedoms aims to inspire everyone, young and old.
Activity pack, Books and literature, Primary education resources, Early years education resources, Teaching resource 12 Jul 2017 -
Book and Activities: ImagineThe illustrated book 'Imagine' follows one pigeon as she sets out on a journey to spread a message of hope and tolerance
Activity pack, Books and literature, Primary education resources, Early years education resources 12 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Arrested defender at risk of torture in Bahrain
Bahraini human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh was arrested on 3 July after her home was raided by masked security officers. Amnesty understands that she is being held at Issa Town detention centre for women, on the outskirts of Manama.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017
