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Palestinian police officer due in court for alleged assault on Amnesty researcherPress release 14 Jul 2017
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Hong Kong: Disqualification of lawmakers underscores government agenda to silence political criticsPress release 14 Jul 2017
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Liu Xiaobo: A 'giant of human rights' who leaves a lasting legacy for China and the worldToday we grieve the loss of a giant of human rights. Liu Xiaobo was a man of fierce intellect, principle, wit and above all humanity.
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Repeal Bill: Amnesty International and Liberty's joint responsePress release 13 Jul 2017
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Japan: Two men hanged as 'cruel and inhumane' executions continuePress release 13 Jul 2017
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Update on Turkiye Human Rights Defenders12 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action update: Singapore sets execution of Malaysian man
The family of Prabagaran Srivijayan, a Malaysian national, have been informed that his execution has been scheduled in Singapore for 14 July 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Assailants burn human rights defender's car in Mexico
Unidentified intruders entered the residence of Mario Luna Romero, leader of the Indigenous Yaqui community in Sonora state, northern Mexico, and set fire to his partner’s car.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Defenders and their trainers must be released in Turkey
Eight human rights defenders, including Amnesty International’s Turkey Director İdil Eser, and two international trainers, were detained by police on 5 July as they were participating in a workshop in Istanbul.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Uighur students in Egypt at risk of forcible return to China
According to media reports, around 150 Uighurs have been detained in Egypt and have either already been, or are currently at imminent risk of, being forcibly returned to China. If returned, they are at real risk of serious human rights violations.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2017 -
Call on China to release Liu Xiaobo for cancer treatment abroadBlog post 11 Jul 2017
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Iraq: battle for West Mosul has been 'catastrophic' for civilians - new reportPress release 10 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action: Opposition activist in maximum security prison in Cuba
After ending a reported 39-day hunger strike, Cuban opposition activist Jorge Cervantes, allegedly detained for contempt in May, was transferred to a maximum security prison.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Nader Abduleman released after serving term in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience, Nader Abdulemam, was released from Jaw prison on 30 June after completing his six-month prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: William Morva executed in Virginia
William Morva, a 35-year-old US-Hungarian national who had been diagnosed with delusional disorder, was executed in Virginia on 6 July.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Armed attack against members of COPINH in Honduras
On 30 June unknown assailants attacked Berta Zuniga Cáceres, Sotero Chavarría Fúnez and José Asunción Martínez, coordinators of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), while they were on the road returning to La…
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High court deals deadly blow to people of Yemen10 Jul 2017
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Bahrain: two-year prison sentence for human rights activist Nabeel Rajab condemnedPress release 10 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action: Eight North Koreans at risk of forcible return in China
Eight North Korean refugees have been detained in China since mid-March 2017. If forcibly returned, they are at risk of persecution or other serious human rights violations, such as arbitrary detention, torture or other ill-treatment, enforced…
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017 -
Arms to Saudi Arabia: court ruling a 'deadly blow' to Yemeni civiliansIn a potentially “deadly blow” to Yemeni civilians a court has ruled that UK Government may continue its arms trade with Saudi Arabia. Read more.
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