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Urgent Action: Arbitrary arrests following state of emergency in the Maldives
Five people have been arrested since the Government of Maldives declared a State of Emergency on 5 February 2018
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Urgent Action: Diagnosed with cancer, execution scheduled in USA
Doyle Hamm, due to be executed after 30 years on death row, has received a stay of execution, but the state has appealed
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UK: Labour MPs visit Belfast to discuss abortion law reformPress release 08 Feb 2018
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Philippines: ICC's new investigation into drug killings is 'a crucial moment' for justiceThousands of alleged drug offenders have been killed
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Ethiopia: journalist Eskinder Nega among 746 to be released'He should not have spent a single day behind bars'
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Urgent Action: Three human rights defenders on hunger strike in Iran
Iranian women human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience started a hunger strike on 3 February in protest
Urgent action outcomes 08 Feb 2018 -
Vic Godard covers collection issued for Amnesty International'A collection of songs that goes back to the very first Vic cover by Orange Juice'
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Iran: three human rights activists on hunger strike after two transferred to notorious jail'No-one should be imprisoned in such appalling conditions'
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Myanmar: new evidence of ongoing ethnic cleansing as military abducts, starves and robs Rohingya'Myanmar’s military continues to get away with crimes against humanity'
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Cambodia: Supreme Court upholds 'deeply flawed' conviction against land activist“Tep Vanny is a brave social activist who has done nothing but peacefully stand up for her community” – James Gomez
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China's 'ludicrous' claims for Swedish bookseller detention condemnedPress release 06 Feb 2018 -
Hong Kong: Court overturns unjust jail terms for Umbrella Movement leaders'The Court of Final Appeal has corrected an injustice'
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Maldives: Release Supreme Court judges and opposition politicians immediately“The world’s eyes are on the Maldives right now and human rights must not become a casualty of this ongoing crisis."
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Syria: witness testimony reveals details of chemical weapons attack on Saraqeb'They couldn’t breathe, they were coughing non-stop'
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Maldives: State of emergency must not become 'a licence for further repression'Amnesty International has warned that today’s 15-day declaration of a state of emergency in the Maldives must not become a licence for further repression.
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Urgent Action update: Kurdish man sentenced to death after unfair trial
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi has been on hunger strike since 27 January.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Fears for activist held incommunicado in China
First detained on 2 September 2017, human rights defender Zhen Jianghua has not yet been allowed access to his lawyer.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Trail of Nubian activists adjourned in Egypt
The State Security Emergency Court adjourned the trial of 32 Nubian activists to 27 February where a sentence is expected
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Urgent Action: Two sentenced to death in Belarus
Two men were sentenced to death in Belarus on after their sentences of life imprisonment were quashed on appeal.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Feb 2018 -
Maldives: detained opposition politicians should be freed'Once again, dissent and critical voices are coming under attack in the Maldives'
Press release 05 Feb 2018
