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Free press under threat in Northern Ireland as journalists arrestedBlog post 07 Sep 2018
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Iran: Kurdish cousins face imminent execution despite torture allegationsTheir trial lasted only 20 minutes
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Amnesty International Media Awards 2019 open for entriesPress release 07 Sep 2018
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South Sudan: sentencing of soldiers for Juba hotel attack welcomedPress release 06 Sep 2018
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The Palestinian children who went back to school early to stop it being demolishedThe pupils of Khan al-Ahmar school in the occupied West Bank cut short their holidays and went back to school early to try to stop the Israeli army destroying it.
Blog post 06 Sep 2018 -
India: Supreme Court's decriminalising of gay sex represents 'new era of equality'The Supreme Court made the landmark decision on Thursday 6 September. Click for more.
Press release 06 Sep 2018 -
Qatar's lifting of travel restrictions for many migrant workers welcomedCountry urged to make wider labour reform a key ‘legacy’ of the 2022 World Cup
Press release 05 Sep 2018 -
Syria: warning over 'dire' situation for civilians in Idlib‘The lives of millions of people in Idlib are now in the hands of Russia, Turkey and Iran’
Press release 05 Sep 2018 -
Israel: Supreme Court's ruling on Khan al-Ahmar village demolition is 'shameful'‘The court has … validated the discriminatory policies of the Israeli authorities’ - Saleh Higazi
Press release 05 Sep 2018 -
UK: Six-year old British boy denied entry to UK 'deeply disturbing and shameful'“Children are suffering from the harmful effects of the UK’s hostile immigration system" - Allan Hogarth
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Iran: husband of hunger-striking human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh arrestedThe arrest is part of an ongoing crackdown in the country
Press release 04 Sep 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Students released but still facing charges in Turkey
An court has ordered the release on bail of four students. They still face up to four years in prison if found guilty.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Sep 2018 -
Urgent Action: 18 months in prison for mosque noise complaint in Indonesia
Meliana, a Buddhist, has been sentenced to 18 months for complaining about the loudspeaker volume at a local mosque.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Sep 2018 -
Iran: lawyers arrested over weekend as crackdown on civil society intensifies‘The human rights situation in Iran has reached crisis point’ - Philip Luther
Press release 03 Sep 2018 -
Urgent Action: Online activist held incommunicado over a month in Sudan
Ahmed Al-Dai Bushara Joudah, a journalist and social media activist, was arbitrarily arrested by NISS agents.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Sep 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian Kurd facing imminent execution
Ramin Hossein Panahi, was moved to Raja’i Shahr prison in preparation for his execution.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Sep 2018 -
Urgent Action: Businessman arbitrarily detained for 4 months in South Sudan
Kerbino Agok Wol, a South Sudanese businessman and philanthropist, has been languishing in detention since 27 April.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Sep 2018 -
Myanmar: Guilty verdict against Reuters journalists sends stark warning on press freedomPress release 03 Sep 2018
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Urgent Action: Istanbul vigils must be allowed to take place
Police in Istanbul used unnecessary and excessive force to disperse people taking part in a longstanding weekly vigil.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Sep 2018 -
Malaysia: Caning of two women "atrocious"
“People should not live in fear because of who they are who they love" - Rachel Chhoa-Howard
Press release 03 Sep 2018
