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Egypt: 43 NGO workers acquitted in notorious 'foreign funding' case‘This was a bogus case’ - Najia Bounaim
Press release 20 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action: Attacks on defenders and journalists increase
Nicaraguan authorities continue to target journalists, human rights defenders and organizations.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2018 -
Vietnam: Police raid NGO meeting in 'absurd and shocking crackdown'Police in Vietnam shut down a major annual meeting of grassroots groups and non-government organisations this morning in an alarming step-up of the authorities’ repression of civil society.
Press release 19 Dec 2018 -
UK: Immigration White Paper a 'huge missed opportunity' to reform harmful policies'The Home Office has yet again failed to put people at the heart of its policies and practice' - Steve Valdez-Symonds
Press release 19 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Activist cleared of charges, another awaiting trial
Activist Yahaya Badamassi has been released while activist Sadat Illiya Dan Malam is still in detention awaiting trial.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Women abused on Twitter every 30 seconds - new study1.1 million abusive or problematic tweets were sent to women last year
Press release 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action: Land claimant leader at risk
Enrique Cabezas has received several threats in response to his work defending the ancestral territory.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Two more prisoners executed in Belarus
Belarusian prisoners, Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy have been executed, likely on 19 or 20 November.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action: Risk of imminent execution for Hong Kong citizen
The death sentence of Hong Kong citizen Wu Zongxi is currently under review by the Supreme People’s Court.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Egypt: Court orders release of woman imprisoned for speaking out against sexual harassmentAmal Fathy is an Amnesty International Write For Rights campaign case this year.
Press release 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Two prisoners at risk of imminent execution
There is grave concern that the only two known prisoners on death row in Belarus are at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
We won’t end gender-based violence without sex workersWe won’t end gender-based violence without sex workers
Blog post 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action: Sudanese activist deported, at risk of torture
Sudanese political activist Mohamed Hassan Alim Shareef was deported from Egypt to Sudan on 9 October.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Another Home Office scandalChildren denied their British citizenship because of their ‘character’
Blog post 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Social justice activist detention extendedUrgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018
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China: Google's 'plan to drop Project Dragonfly' welcomed“Going ahead with Project Dragonfly would represent a massive capitulation on human rights by one of the world’s most powerful companies” – Kumi Naidoo
Press release 17 Dec 2018 -
Party Empire: China's Political System and Its Influence on UN’s Human Rights MechanismsBlog post 15 Dec 2018
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France: School children and protesters victims of excessive force by policeMore than 1,400 people injured during recent ‘gilets jaunes’ demonstrations
Press release 14 Dec 2018 -
Ireland: Abortion bill welcomed but 'significant flaws' in legislation remain‘Women have waited 35 years for this’ – Colm O’Gorman
Press release 14 Dec 2018 -
Central African Republic: UN peacekeepers deserted posts as 100 civilians shot and burnt alive - new reportThere are 'serious questions as to whether they lived up to their mandate'
Press release 14 Dec 2018
