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Urgent Action outcome: Azimjan Azkarov died in prison
Azimjan Askarov died on 25 July in prison in Kyrgyzstan after showing symptoms of Covid-19.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2020 -
UK: MPs vote through 'deeply dangerous' Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill'MPs are signing off on a licence for government agencies to authorise torture and murder'
Press release 15 Oct 2020 -
UK: 'dangerous' bill could allow MI5 and police to authorise torture and murderPress release 14 Oct 2020
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Countless Brave Syrian Activists Made The Koblenz Torture Trial PossibleCountless Brave Syrian Activists Made The Koblenz Torture Trial Possible
Blog post 12 Oct 2020 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Detained activist gets medical and family access
Political activist Serge Branco Nana is currently serving a two-year prison sentence for ‘mutiny’ in Mfou Prison.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Oct 2020 -
Iran: four men sentenced to have fingers amputated for theftThe international community must urgently press the Iranian authorities to halt plans to amputate the fingers of four men convicted of robbery following forced “confessions” and grossly unfair trials.
Press release 24 Sep 2020 -
Saudi Arabia: review of death sentences against three young men welcomedSaudi Arabia’s public prosecutor has ordered a review into the death sentences of three young men who were minors at the time of arrest and have been at imminent risk of execution.
Press release 27 Aug 2020 -
Belarus: 16 NGOs call on United Nations to convene special session on crackdownThe UN Human Rights Council must urgently convene a special session to address the human rights crisis in Belarus
Press release 26 Aug 2020 -
Iraq: 2,000 traumatised Yezidi children abandoned after ISIS captivity - new reportPress release 29 Jul 2020
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Urgent Action outcome: Monitoring of threats to lawmakers continues
Venezuelan National Assembly opposition members, as well as their families and staff continue being subjected to threats.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Jul 2020 -
Syrian Torture Trial in Koblenz, Germany - Part 1Mansour Omari, a Syrian human rights defender, gives a personal account of the first day of a historic Syrian torture trial in Koblenz, Germany.
Blog post 18 May 2020 -
Saudi Arabia: 'heartbreaking' two-year anniversary of jailed women's rights activistsAmnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz to release prominent women’s rights defenders - two years after they were detained - describing their ongoing plight as “heartbreaking”.
Press release 14 May 2020 -
Cambodia: 'War on Drugs' is rife with torture, corruption and on brink of triggering a COVID-19 catastrophe - New Report‘War on drugs’ has led to human rights abuses and dangerously overfilled detention facilities in the midst of the pandemic
Press release 13 May 2020 -
Outcome: Women human rights defenders remain on trialEight of the eleven activists have been temporarily released but remain on trial for their human rights activism.
Urgent action outcomes 07 May 2020 -
Syrian Torture Trial in Koblenz, Germany - Part 2Part 2 of Mansour Omari's deeply personal account of the Syria torture trial in Koblenz, Germany.
Blog post 02 May 2020 -
Syrian Torture Trial in Koblenz, Germany - Part 3Part 3 of Mansour Omari's deeply personal account of the Syria torture trial in Koblenz, Germany.
Blog post 14 Apr 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Supreme court confirms verdict in an unfair trialOn 17 February 2020, the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi confirmed the verdict against five Lebanese men.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Prisoners released having served sentencesOn 5 March 2020, prisoner of conscience, Hajer Mansoor Hassan, was released from Isa Town Detention Centre for Women.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 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 -
Saudi Arabia: 'sham' trial of women's activist Loujain al-Hathloul set to resume13 women’s rights activists remain on trial, part of a 2018 crackdown
Press release 09 Mar 2020
