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USA/Mexico: members of migrant 'caravan' must be allowed to seek asylum'Seeking asylum is not a crime in the USA or anywhere'
Press release 24 Apr 2018 -
Israel: halt to forced deportations welcomed, but Africans still under pressure to leave‘Israel is still conducting what it calls “voluntary” deportations, though in reality there is nothing voluntary about them’
Press release 24 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action: Disappeared human rights defenders at risk of torture in Pakistan
Deedar Ali Shabrani, a journalist from Pakistan, is believed to have been forcibly disappeared.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2018 -
Amnesty responds to Leeds United's decision to tour MyanmarPress release 24 Apr 2018
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Urgent Action: Indigenous leader on hunger strike hospitalized in Chile
Mapuche Indigenous spiritual leader Machi Celestino Córdova is at risk after spending more than 90 days on hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2018 -
Trinidad and Tobago: Deportation of 82 Venezuelans violates human rights obligations
Trinidad and Tobago is suspected of deporting 82 Venezuelans in a move that violates their human rights
Press release 24 Apr 2018 -
Egyptian women need our help more than everHuman Rights Defenders like Azza Soliman fight for equality daily in Egypt. However there’s a long way to go in the fight for women’s rights due to the increased criminalisation of feminists.
Blog post 24 Apr 2018 -
Brexit Bill: Lords have stood up for reason, rights and democracyPress release 24 Apr 2018
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TURKEY: Thousands of Afghans swept up in ruthless deportation drivePress release 24 Apr 2018
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El Salvador: Government must approve bill to decriminalise 'sickeningly unjust' abortion banPress release 23 Apr 2018
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Urgent Action good news: Kachin prisoner of conscience freed in Myanmar
Kachin prisoner of conscience Lahpai Gam has been released from prison following a Presidential amnesty on 17 April 2018.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Kachin pastors released in Myanmar prisoner amnesty
Kachin pastors Dumdaw Nawng Lat and Langjaw Gam Seng have been released from prison following a Presidential amnesty.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience in Kazakhstan released on bail
On 13 April, prisoner of conscience, Akmaral Tobylova was released on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Review for upheld death sentence requested in Bahrain
The review of the cases of Mohamed Ali Hussain and Hussain Ali Moosa Hussain Mohamed were requested.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese activist 8 year sentence upheld
Prominent Chinese activist Wu Gan continues to face grave risks of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: More than fifty critics released without charge in Sudan
56 opposition party members and human rights defenders arrested in January and February were released without charge.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Apr 2018 -
Nicaragua: 'crude and violent' response to protests condemnedPress release 21 Apr 2018
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Clubs, players and celebrity fans take part in Amnesty's 'Football Welcomes' weekendSixty football clubs, including 12 from the Premier League, as well as players and celebrity fans are backing the initiative
Press release 20 Apr 2018 -
Indonesia: Unmarried couples caned for public affection in 'an act of utmost cruelty'"Caning is an inhuman and degrading form of punishment that may amount to torture which should never be used in any circumstances."
Press release 20 Apr 2018 -
Liberia: war lord 'Jungle Jabbah' jailed for 30 years in USAPress release 20 Apr 2018
