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Urgent Action: Detained journalist needs proper medical care in Madagascar
Fernand Cello, a Malagasy investigative journalist, is facing seven charges including ‘defamation’, ‘endangering state security’, and ‘incitation to hatred’ after he was arrested on Friday, 5 May.
Urgent action outcomes 15 May 2017 -
Russia: YouTuber convicted of blasphemy for playing Pokémon Go in a churchPress release 11 May 2017
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Russia: Knee-jerk repression as LGBTI activists arrested over Chechnya petitionPress release 11 May 2017
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Podcast: Atena Farghadani, imprisoned for her art in Iran - voiced by Nazanin BoniadiImprisoned for drawing a satirical cartoon, prosecuted for shaking her lawyer's hand - Atena Farghadani has paid a high price for making art and speaking her mind in Iran, where dissent is met with heavy punishment. Atena's words are voiced by actress…
11 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed Iranian human rights defender in poor health
Following 31 days of hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison, Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi is in poor health, and requires immediate hospitalization.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Detained community leader wrongly charged in Togo
Salomée T. Abalodo, a farmer and community leader, has been charged with ‘rebellion’ and ‘participation in an unauthorised protest’.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Activists given six-month suspended sentence in Chad
Two Chadian activists Nadjo Kaina Palmer and Bertrand Sollo have received a six-month suspended prison sentence. They are appealing this judgment.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi released
Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi was released from Tehran’s Evin prison on 19 April 2017. He had been imprisoned since 23 November 2016. Keywan Karimi was a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Chadian activist freed, two others on trial
Chadian activist Dingamnayal Nely Versinis has been released. Fellow activists Nadjo Kaina Palmer and Bertrand Sollo, detained at Amsinene prison, are on trial for their role in calling for peaceful protests.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three detained activists falsely charged in Chad
Three Chadian activists being detained at the Amsinene prison are facing false charges for their role in calling for peaceful protests. They are prisoners of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Dutch-Iranian prisoner denied heart surgery in Iran
Dutch-Iranian national Sabri Hassanpour, who has been detained in Tehran’s Evin prison since his arrest on 19 April 2016, is being denied urgently needed open heart surgery by the Iranian authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
When football welcomed refugeesFootball clubs all over the country have been welcoming refugees in amazing ways as part of #FootballWelcomes. Here's how:
Blog post 26 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Rakhine journalist receiving death threats in Myanmar
Journalist Nay Min Aung (known as Min Min) has been receiving death threats after publishing an article about an armed ethnic group operating in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Refugees in Greece at great risk due to unsafe camps
Over a thousand refugees and migrants face uninhabitable and unsafe conditions in three camps in Elliniko, Athens. Women and girls are at risk of sexual and gender-based violence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2017 -
Amnesty welcomes landmark Citizens’ Assembly result and calls for abortion reform across IrelandPress release 24 Apr 2017
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Surviving the ongoing crisis in Venezuela
The death toll is rising in Venezuela. Peaceful protesting has become a deadly activity. Our Venezuela Director blogs.
Blog post 24 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian human rights defender on hunger strike
Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi has been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison since 8 April. She is protesting the suspended prison sentences imposed on two of her sisters, Hanieh and Ensieh, for “insulting public officers on duty”.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Newspaper threatened for reports on abductions in Russia
The staff of Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and journalists supporting them have been threatened following the newspaper’s publication of reports about the abduction and torture of gay men in Chechnya.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: University lecturer in Uganda must be released
Dr Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan university lecturer, was arrested on 7 April and subsequently charged with insulting the president and violating his right to privacy.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Three Chadian activists held incommunicado
Three Chadian activists have been arrested by agents of the National Security Agency in N’Djamena. Nadjo Kaina Palmer, Bertrand Sollo and Dingamnayal Nely Versinis are being held in secret and incommunicado. They are prisoners of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017
