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Uganda: Authorities must set Bobi Wine free and drop fabricated treason chargesPress release 23 Aug 2018 -
Myanmar: Lack of accountability for atrocities against Rohingya highlighted by 'shameful' milestoneMore than 700,000 Rohingya have fled from northern Rakhine State to neighbouring Bangladesh in the last year.
Press release 23 Aug 2018 -
USA: new report slams Florida's 'diehard' attachment to death penaltyThere are 374 people on death row in the state
Press release 23 Aug 2018 -
Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe release 'welcome news and a much-needed respite'Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe released on three day furlough. Click to read more.
Press release 23 Aug 2018 -
Saudia Arabia: Outrageous ongoing detention of women's rights defenders reaches 100 daysPress release 22 Aug 2018
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Saudi Arabia: "Horrifying" plan to execute female activist must be stoppedIsraa al-Ghomgham faces execution alongside four other activists
Press release 22 Aug 2018 -
UK: Home Office apology to just 18 Windrush individuals "worrying"Response brings into question whether Office has “a realistic grasp on all the people it has wrongly detained and removed” - Steve Valdez-Symonds
Press release 21 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Amal Fathy remains imprisoned in Egypt as trial is postponed
Amal Fathy’s trial was postponed to 8 September in one case and her pre-trial detention renewed for 15 days in another.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Opposition politician detained in Uganda; signs of torture
Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, a Ugandan singer turned politician was arrested and later charged.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Nigerian journalist detained and threatened
Journalist Samuel Ogundipe is being detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Cambodia: land rights activist Tep Vanny released after two years in detentionVanny was 'unjustly' detained for peacefully protesting the forced eviction of her community
Press release 20 Aug 2018 -
Freedom of Expression Award 2018The longlist for the 2018 Freedom of Expression Award has been announced! Find out more about the award, and this year's longlisted shows.
Blog post 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Syrian Kurd at imminent risk of execution in Iran
Kamal Hassan Ramezan, a Syrian Kurd on death row in Iran, was removed from his cell. He has not been heard from since.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Fears for prisoner of conscience in Vietnam after death threat
Human rights defender Tran Thi Nga was recently beaten up and has received a death threats from another inmate.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Whereabouts of community activist unknown in Angola
Joaquim Costa Zangui, the National Youth Secretary of the Democratic Bloc, was abducted by unknown men on 12 August.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Palestinian NGO worker released
Abdul Razeq Farraj was released from prison. He had spent 14 months in administrative detention without charge or trial.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: US-Mexico asylum deal would put many at risk
In recent closed-door discussions, the US and Mexico are considering declaring Mexico a “safe third country”.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Kofi Annan: Lifelong champion of justice, peace and dignity“The world has lost a great leader."
Press release 18 Aug 2018 -
New Secretary General Kumi Naidoo pledges support for African human rights defenders to hold the powerful to account“We need to see much more intra-African solidarity for the cause of justice."
Press release 17 Aug 2018
