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Hong Kong: Final 'Umbrella Nine' pro-democracy activist sentencedTanya Chan given suspended prison sentence for protests in 2014.
Press release 10 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: Human rights defender released
On 5 April 2019, human rights defender Zine El Abidine Erradi was released after serving a one-year sentence in Agadir.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jun 2019 -
Russia: release on parole for jailed human rights head in Chechnya welcomed‘The real agenda ... was to stop a human rights defender from doing his lawful human rights work’
Press release 10 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Seven activists arrested and charged with treason
Seven activists arrested on different dates, are facing charges of treason after they attended a training.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2019 -
Russia: arrest of journalist on drugs charge part of 'depressingly familiar pattern'He faces eight years in jail on ‘dubious’ drugs charge
Press release 07 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Clampdown on freedom of expression
Puerto Rico authorities responded violently to demonstrations on 1 May 2018 by repressing protesters.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2019 -
Greta Thunberg given Amnesty's 2019 'Ambassador of Conscience' award"To act on your conscience means that you fight for what you think is right" - Greta Thunberg
Press release 07 Jun 2019 -
Saudi Arabia: boy arrested aged 13 at risk of executionHe faces execution for offences dating back to when he was just ten years old
Press release 07 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Health concerns for detained filmmaker
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a prominent filmmaker, detained since 12 April, is facing charges because of social media posts.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2019 -
Sudan: Rapid Support Forces should be removed from streets of Khartoum immediatelyProtester’s bodies weighted with bricks and thrown in the Nile
Press release 06 Jun 2019 -
Hong Kong: 'Huge step forward' for same-sex equality thanks to court rulingSame-sex marriages or civil partnerships are not yet recognised in Hong Kong.
Press release 06 Jun 2019 -
Greece: Newly-amended rape law 'a historic victory' for womenGreece to become ninth out of 31 European countries to recognise that sex without consent is rape.
Press release 06 Jun 2019 -
Syria: new multimedia site tells story of Coalition's destruction of Raqqa‘I witnessed a level of destruction not comparable to anything I’ve seen in decades of covering the impact of war’
Press release 06 Jun 2019 -
Thanks for supporting Trevor and BarryThanks for supporting Trevor and Barry. The case against them was dropped. Read more.
05 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Pakistani Christian family at risk of deportation
A Pakistani Catholic family – ages ranging from 11 to 57 - have been arrested for overstaying their visas in Sri Lanka.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2019 -
Vietnam: Authorities crack down on Facebook users in bid to silence criticsPress release 05 Jun 2019 -
London Remembers the 30th Anniversary of the 1989 Beijing June 4 MassacreBlog post 05 Jun 2019
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France: Refugee camp volunteers abused, choked and threatened by police - new reportPress release 05 Jun 2019
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Urgent Action: Health of imprisoned Crimean Tatar at risk
Crimean Tatar, Edem Bekirov, has been detained in Simferopol since his detention by Russian security forces.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2019 -
Sudan: dozens reportedly killed by security forces
‘Reports that bodies have been dumped in the river demonstrate the utter depravity of these so-called security forces’
Press release 05 Jun 2019
