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US: Department of Defense must investigate civilian casualties caused by airstrikes"The latest report is a welcome step for accountability for civilian casualties as a result of US operations, but many more are required."
Press release 02 May 2019 -
Venezuela: Government steps up 'policy of repression' against protestersAt least four people have been killed, more than 200 injured and 205 arrested during state repression of protests across Venezuela since 30 April
Press release 02 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: APAA communities attacked and forcibly evicted
Rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority have been carrying out forced evictions of communities in the Apaa area.
Urgent action outcomes 01 May 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Mikhail Tsakunov released, trial ongoing
Prisoner of conscience Mikhail Tsakunov was released under travel restrictions, after a year in pre-trial detention.
Urgent action outcomes 01 May 2019 -
Syrian torture survivors are fighting backSyrian torture survivors are fighting back
Blog post 01 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Journalist granted provisional release
Journalist Amade Abubacar was granted provisional release from Mieze Prison in Pemba City on 23 April.
Urgent action outcomes 01 May 2019 -
Nigeria: Shell ruling on involvement in Ogoni Nine executions a 'vital step towards justice'A Dutch court has ruled in favour of the plaintiffs & said the court has jurisdiction
Press release 01 May 2019 -
Ecuador: women environmental defenders in life-threatening danger due to government failingsNew Amnesty International report shows Ecuadorian authorities are failing to prevent attacks against Amazonian Women environmental defenders
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
The women risking their lives to save the planetThese Amazonian women are risking their lives to protect the world’s largest rainforest, defying huge political and economic interests.
Blog post 30 Apr 2019 -
Press freedom event dedicated to Lyra McKee
Amnesty International and the Queen’s Film Theatre have announced that an event in Belfast to mark World Press Freedom Day is to go ahead this Saturday and will be dedicated to journalist Lyra McKee.
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
USA must 'lift veil of secrecy' on civilian deaths from airstrikes - Congress reporting deadline tomorrow‘We hope to finally see an honest assessment of the devastating impact that US lethal strikes have had’
Press release 30 Apr 2019 -
Iran: two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executedIran has executed nearly 100 juvenile offenders since 1990
Press release 29 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Journalist charged with spreading false news
Casimir Kpedjo, the managing editor of the newspaper ‘New Economy’, was charged with publishing “false information".
Urgent action outcomes 29 Apr 2019 -
Nigeria: Children and women raped and abused in prison - new investigationHarrowing investigation details instances of rape and abuse against children unlawfully detained in a maximum-security prison
Press release 29 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: End attacks against human rights defenders
Cristina Palabay was warned by an anonymous source that her and several others are targeted to be killed this year.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Apr 2019 -
Shell involvement in execution of 'Ogoni Nine' in Nigeria to be decided by courtEsther Kiobel and other widows challenging oil giant Shell in court in The Hague.
Press release 28 Apr 2019 -
South Sudan: Twenty-year-old girl killed for refusing to marry
'The marriage and killing are not only illegal, but also inhumane' - Joan Nyanyuki
Press release 28 Apr 2019 -
Benin: Internet shutdown on election day a blunt attack on freedom of expressionPress release 28 Apr 2019
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Urgent Action update: Chinese labour activist held incommunicado
Wei Zhili, editor of “New Generation” (xinshengdai), was transferred to secret incommunicado detention on 20 April 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2019 -
USA: pulling out of arms trade treaty would 're-open floodgates' on arms sales'US signature to ATT was an important step towards ensuring that dangerous weapons stay out of the wrong hands'
Press release 26 Apr 2019
