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Urgent Action update: Blogger on hunger strike after unfair conviction in Algeria
Algerian blogger and prisoner of conscience Merzoug Touati began a hunger strike on 8 July in protest at being imprisoned
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Activist sentenced to one year, others released in Niger
3 activists were released after being handed a 3 month suspended sentence. A 4th activist was sentenced to one year.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Threats against indigenous rights defenders in Malaysia
Indigenous human rights defenders face sustained intimidation and threats of physical violence.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Fears for two disappeared Russian prisoners
The fate and whereabouts of IT specialist Victor Filinkov and civil society activist Yuliy Boyarshinov remain unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Cameroon: 'Shocking' new video shows more brutal executions by armed forcesA horrifying video obtained by Amnesty International shows Cameroonian security forces shooting at least a dozen unarmed people during a military operation in the Far North region of the country.
Press release 10 Aug 2018 -
Bangladesh: Release of Briton Hasnat Karim 'long overdue'“It’s a huge relief that Hasnat Karim can finally be reunited with his family after his inhumane detention by the Bangladeshi authorities. His release is long overdue."
Press release 09 Aug 2018 -
Argentina: Senate rejection of abortion bill an 'unforgivable step backwards'Argentine lawmakers have turned their backs on hundreds of thousands of women and girls
Press release 09 Aug 2018 -
The fearless young leaders the world needs right nowYoung people around the world are living violent realities: gun violence, police brutality, sexual violence, harassment. But they’re determined to put a stop to it. Meet the young trailblazers rising up, taking action and calling for change.
08 Aug 2018 -
Egypt: trial of woman who posted video about sexual harassment is 'shocking'She ‘should be applauded for her courage, not put on trial’ - Najia Bounaim
Press release 08 Aug 2018 -
Spiralling death toll in Central Med a 'deadly consequence' of European policies - new report“European governments are more concerned with keeping people out than they are with saving lives” - Matteo de Bellis
Press release 08 Aug 2018 -
USA: Sadat has a chance to live in safetySadat, who fled homophobic violence in Ghana, has been released from immigration detention in the US.
08 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience on hunger strike in Egypt
Human rights defender Hanan Badr el-Din has begun a hunger strike after her pre-trial detention has been extended.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2018 -
Bangladesh: Photographer facing 14 years declared prisoner of consciencePress release 07 Aug 2018
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Urgent Action: Detained activist detained access to lawyer in South Sudan
Peter Biar Ajak, a prominent South Sudanese academic and activist, was arrested by the National Security Service (NSS).
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Women human rights defender killed in Guatemala
Juana Raymundo is the 8th human rights defender killed in Guatemala in less than three months. She was 25 years old.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Bahrain: London embassy hunger strike highlights plight of four frail prisoners‘These men are elderly, frail and suffering’ - Lynn Maalouf
Press release 07 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Journalist accused of ‘justification of terrorism’ in Russia
Victor Korb, a human rights defender and journalist, is being unjustly prosecuted for “public justification of terrorism”
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Activist faces 14 years in jail for media interview in Bangladesh
Shahidul Alam, photographer and social activist, has been charged after giving an interview to Al-Jazeera.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Syria: US-led Coalition accepts responsibility for Raqqa deaths documented by AmnestyCall on Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson to ‘set the record straight’
Press release 06 Aug 2018 -
Leading human rights organisations make fresh call on Theresa May to set up torture inquiry'A curtain has been lifted to reveal some of the grisly reality of UK officials’ involvement in torture'
Press release 06 Aug 2018
