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The 50 best protest songs everListen to the top 50 best protest songs of all time and get inspired to take action!
Blog post 08 Jun 2017 -
What human rights activists look likeThe media often say young people aren’t bothered about serious issues like human rights or politics. At Amnesty International we know that’s not true. These are the stories of our young activists.
Blog post 08 Jun 2017 -
5 ways to make a difference right nowFeel powerless after GE 2017? You're not. Here are five things you can do right now, some which only take 30 seconds, to get involved and start making a difference.
Blog post 08 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Crackdown on Formosa spill activists continues in Vietnam
The Vietnamese authorities are continuing to crackdown on activists who have raised concerns about the 2016 Formosa environmental disaster and its aftermath.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist detained incommunicado for 17 days in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Ali Shaaban has been detained incommunicado since 15 May, raising fears that he might be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He may be a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Family visits denied for detained journalists in Yemen
Yemeni journalists arbitrarily detained by Huthi forces have been interrogated in the month of May and since then denied regular access to their families.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
We ExistBlog post 06 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action: Priest harassed over memorial to war dead in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan priest, Father Elil Rajendram, is being harassed by the police over his efforts to help families memorialize their loved ones lost during the armed conflict.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
'We exist' protest over the LGBTI crackdown in Chechnya at Russian Embassy in LondonPress release 31 May 2017
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Taiwan's same-sex marriage ruling is 'huge step forward' for LGBTI rightsPress release 24 May 2017
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Urgent Action update: Lawyer on bail remains under tight surveillance in China
Human rights lawyer Xie Yang was released on bail the day after his trial for “inciting subversion of state power” and “disrupting court order”. The verdict has not yet been announced and he continues to be kept under tight surveillance.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Two journalists may face imprisonment in Timor-Leste
In the case of two Timorese journalists, the lead prosecutor has recommended imprisonment of one year for Raimundos Oki, and a two year suspended sentence for Lourenco Vicente Martins if they are convicted of “defamatory false information.”
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Women's rights activist in critical health in Iran
The health of Iranian women’s rights activist, Atena Daemi, has sharply deteriorated. After 46 days on hunger strike, she is critically ill and her body has started rejecting water.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
USA: pregnant women being criminalised through harsh 'fetal assault' drug laws - new reportPress release 23 May 2017
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Indonesia: public caning of two men for gay sex was 'sickening spectacle'Press release 23 May 2017
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Indonesia should drop absurd charges against 141 men arrested at 'gay sex party'Press release 22 May 2017
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Urgent Action update: Chinese Activists indicted for commemorating Tiananmen
Four activists have been indicted for “inciting subversion of state power” for producing and promoting their own baijiu (a popular Chinese liquor) that commemorated the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three activists sentenced to prison in secret trial in Laos
According to sources, three Lao human rights activists, Soukan Chaithad, Somphone Phimmasone and Lodkham Thammavong, were sentenced to between 12 and 20 years’ in prison following a secret trial held in April 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017 -
Chelsea Manning, human rights heroine and trailblazing whistleblower, will walk freeChelsea Manning, human rights heroine and trailblazing whistleblower, has finally walked free after seven years in prison. She had faced incarceration in military prison until 2045, but your actions helped see her released.
Blog post 16 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Lawyer and activists detained for facebook posts in Thailand
Detained lawyer Prawet Prapanukul, Danai, Wanchai and three others were arrested by a joint military security force on 29 April and held in an unknown location for five days before Bangkok’s Criminal Court on 3 May remanded the six men to custody.
Urgent action outcomes 15 May 2017
