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Protest for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as Iranian minister set to visit UK'Nazanin should be freed at the earliest possible opportunity'
Press release 19 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Hundreds arrested in Sudan, wherabouts unknown
At least 140 opposition party members, human rights defenders, students and women rights activists were detained.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Pro-democracy activists arbitrarily detained in DRC
Pro-democracy activists have been in arbitrary detention since 21 January. They have alleged that they were beaten.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Criminalization of peaceful protesters in Thailand
Peaceful protesters in Thailand are at risk of arrest and up to eight years’ imprisonment
Urgent action outcomes 16 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: New threats against indigenous community in Kenya
The Sengwer Indigenous community are facing new threats of eviction
Urgent action outcomes 16 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Death sentence of veteran activist upheld in China
Xu Youchen is facing imminent execution after the Henan Provincial Higher People’s Court rejected his appeal
Urgent action outcomes 16 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Father appeals for son’s life to be spared in Texas, USA
Thomas Whitaker, aged 38, is due to be executed in Texas on 22 February. His father is appealing for his son's clemency.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Feb 2018 -
Amnesty Media Awards 2018 finalists announcedThe 11 award categories celebrate excellence in human rights journalism over the past year
Press release 16 Feb 2018 -
Turkey: 'dark day for press freedom' as six journalists jailed for lifeThe sentences are ‘clearly intended to instil fear’
Press release 16 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Twelve men at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia
Twelve Saudi Arabian men are at imminent risk of execution after the Supreme Court ratified their death sentences.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Feb 2018 -
USA: call for urgent gun law reform after Florida school shooting‘Our leaders must take action to protect people from gun violence’
Press release 15 Feb 2018 -
Drop the charges against Palestinian human rights defendersIssa and Farid are brave Palestinian activists who are due in front of an Israeli military court in the next few days. They crime? Exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
15 Feb 2018 -
Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai, a political leader who fought for human rightsZimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died aged 65.
Press release 15 Feb 2018 -
El Salvador: Woman jailed in stillbirth case released after 10 years in prisonTeodora Vásquez has been freed today after a decade behind bars.
Press release 15 Feb 2018 -
UK court ruling 'a blow' to victims of Shell oil spill in NigeriaCourt of Appeal rules Shell not liable for actions of Nigerian subsidiary
Press release 14 Feb 2018 -
The legacy of the SuffragettesSally Nicholl’s, whose novel for young adults is about young suffrage campaigners, asks whether things have changed for those still fighting for equality.
Blog post 14 Feb 2018 -
South Africa: Jacob Zuma's presidency blighted by human rights failings, including Marikana killingsPress release 14 Feb 2018
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Hungary: New law threatens existence of NGOs working on migrationPress release 14 Feb 2018 -
Indonesia: New testimony from transgender women publicly humiliated by policeWomen kicked, slapped and had their hair forcibly cut in crackdown.
Press release 14 Feb 2018 -
Ethiopia: Journalist's release must herald 'a new dawn' of respect for human rightsEskinder Nega released as part of a government pardon of 746 prisoners.
Press release 14 Feb 2018
