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Algeria: blogger faces death penalty for Facebook post and YouTube video‘It is ludicrous that a Facebook post expressing peaceful opinion could lead to the death penalty’
Press release 23 May 2018 -
What is the Gangs Matrix?Launched by the Metropolitan Police in 2012, the Gangs Matrix is a database of suspected gang members in London. It purports to be a risk-management tool focused on preventing serious violence, but a damning new Amnesty report warns that it is…
Reports and publications 23 May 2018 -
Saudi Arabia: more women's rights activists detained‘The authorities have responded with even more repression'
Press release 23 May 2018 -
Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred HindusPress release 23 May 2018
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Saudi women arrested for driving - not cars, but human rights changeWomen in Saudi Arabia will finally be able to drive legally in June 2018. But in a cruel twist, 11 of the women human rights defenders who led the campaign have been arrested.
Blog post 23 May 2018 -
Sweden: vote to change rape law historic victory for #MeToo campaignersPress release 23 May 2018
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Ireland: abortion referendum is historic opportunity to vote for equality and end the 'exile of women'Chance to repeal the Eighth Amendment in Ireland and end women’s suffering “must not be missed”
Press release 23 May 2018 -
Tony Blair on Belhaj case: full judicial investigation into UK involvement in torture needed‘We shouldn’t accept attempts to draw a line under the involvement of UK officials in these horrors’
Press release 22 May 2018 -
Crackdown in Turkey suffocating civil societyLGBTI+ activists are being forced underground, victims of sexual violence and other vulnerable groups have lost vital support, and citizens who peacefully express their views are being silenced by the Turkish government.
22 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Execution looms for Iranian Kurdish prisoner
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi, sentenced to death in January 2018, is at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Detained for addressing sexual harassment in Egypt
Egyptian authorities ordered the pre-trial detention of woman human rights defender Amal Fathy for a total of 30 days.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Homes of religious minority destroyed by mob in Indonesia
Police evacuated at least 23 members of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in East Lombok to another town.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Displaced women, children denied food in Nigeria
Approximately 230 internally displaced women and their children have not had food delivered to their camp since 18 April.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous defender killed, others at risk in Mexico
Indigenous environmental rights defender Manuel Rodríguez was found dead on 14 May. Others are at grave risk.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2018 -
Northern Ireland: Inquiry call over 'illegal' forced adoptions at mother and baby homePress release 22 May 2018
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Grenfell residents need to be at the centre of inquiryPress release 21 May 2018
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Urgent Action: Activist held immediately after returning home in Zambia
Fumba Chama, known as Pilato, was arrested on 16 May on arrival at Kenneth Kaunda Airport in Lusaka.
Urgent action outcomes 21 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Defender's detention extended again in Russia
The pre-trial detention of Oyub Titiev has been extended for another month, until 9 June.
Urgent action outcomes 21 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Serious health concerns for prisoner of conscience in Vietnam
Trần Anh Kim's health is deteriorating and according to his wife, “may not survive his lengthy imprisonment”
Urgent action outcomes 21 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Five activists arrested for organising protests in Niger
Five activists were arrested between 15 and 25 April in Niger.
Urgent action outcomes 21 May 2018
