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Argentina: Forced c-section of 11-year-old girl 'could amount to torture'Amnesty responds to the news that doctors performed a caesarean section on an 11-year-old girl in Argentina
Press release 01 Mar 2019 -
South Sudan executed as many people last month as it did in whole of last yearSeven men, including members of one family, hanged amid rise in executions
Press release 01 Mar 2019 -
Northern Ireland: 'Press freedom at risk' as journalists face further police questionsAmnesty campaign to support journalists arrested after exposing police collusion in Loughinisland massacre.
Press release 01 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action: Environmental rights defender killed
Samir Flores Soberanes, environmental, land and territory human rights defender, was shot dead on 20 February.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Feb 2019 -
Gaza: 'damning' UN report on protest killings must lead to action against perpetrators‘Those responsible for these deplorable crimes must not go unpunished’
Press release 28 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Released Bahraini returns to Australia
Hakeem Ali al-Araibi was released from Bangkok’s prison after the Bahraini authorities dropped their extradition request.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Feb 2019 -
Tunisia: attempt to shut down prominent LGBTI organisation condemnedAt least 115 people arrested last year in LGBTI crackdown
Press release 28 Feb 2019 -
Hong Kong: Sisters' lives in grave danger if returned to Saudi ArabiaReem, 20, and Rawan, 18, fled Saudi Arabia after abuse by male relatives
Press release 28 Feb 2019 -
Northern Ireland: Patrick Finucane Supreme Court ruling welcomed - now for public inquirySupreme Court rules that effective investigation has not yet been conducted by UK Government.
Press release 27 Feb 2019 -
Amnesty Media Awards 2019 finalists announcedThe 11 award categories celebrate excellence in human rights journalism from the past year and applaud the courage and determination of journalists and editors who sometimes put their lives on the line to report on vital human rights issues.
Press release 27 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Indigenous human rights defenders at risk
Armed men abducted Mexican Indigenous human rights defenders, Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and Hilario Cornelio Castro.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Feb 2019 -
Derry Girls and MPs call on Northern Ireland Secretary to decriminalise abortionAmnesty demo at Westminster called for Northern Ireland abortion rights
Press release 26 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights lawyer at risk of torture
Yu Wensheng has been indicted and his case has been transferred from the prosecution to the court awaiting a trial date.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Prominent defender must be released
The final hearing in the trial against Oyub Titiev will take place on 11 March.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience denied medical access
Hajer Mansoor Hassan, 50, held in Isa Town Detention Centre for Women in Bahrain, is being denied adequate medical care.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Feb 2019 -
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Derry Girls and MPs join suitcase march on Parliament to demand abortion rightsNorthern Ireland abortion rights demo next Tuesday
Press release 22 Feb 2019 -
Sri Lanka: President must halt planned execution of 13 people“Executions…are not a show of strength but an admission of weakness” - Kumi Naidoo
Press release 22 Feb 2019 -
Iran: three juvenile offenders at risk of imminent execution‘The Iranian authorities have a horrific track record'
Press release 22 Feb 2019 -
Taiwan: Draft law on same-sex marriage 'a huge step forward for equality'Draft law is first of its kind in Asia to allow same-sex marriage.
Press release 21 Feb 2019
