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Urgent Action: Chinese lawyer arrested for "subversion"
Jiang Tianyong, human rights lawyer detained under “residential surveillance in a designated location” for over six months, has been formally arrested for “subverting state power”.
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Urgent Action Update: Draft law targetting NGOs in Hungary must be stopped
A draft law targeting Hungarian NGOs receiving funding from abroad on the grounds that they may represent “foreign interests” was passed in the National Assembly on 13 June.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Russia: European Court ruling on 'homophobic' LGBTI law welcomedPress release 20 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action update: Hungary President approves law targeting NGOs
President Janos Ader has signed a law targeting Hungarian NGOs which receive funding from abroad, on the grounds that they may represent “foreign interests".
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Opposition politician released in MaldivesOpposition politician Adam Azim has been released after spending nearly a week in detention in Maldives. He was arrested and faced trumped up charges after criticizing the government in a TV interview.
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Urgent Action update: 23 men granted bail but fear for safety remains in Bangladesh
Twenty-three of the 28 men arrested at a social event outside of Dhaka on 19 May have been granted bail. Though initially apparently held on suspicion of breaching the prohibition of ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’ in the Penal Code, the…
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Opposition politician facing trumped up charges in Maldives
Opposition politician Adam Azim has been arrested and is facing trumped up charges in Maldives after criticizing the government in a TV interview. He is currently being held at a prison on Dhoonidhoo Island.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Palestinian university professor in detention
An Israeli military judge confirmed a three-month administrative detention order against Ahmad Qatamesh on 13 June. The Palestinian academic was arbitrarily detained under an administrative order issued on 17 May.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Exiled Lesotho journalist receiving death threats online
Exiled investigative journalist Keiso Mohloboli has been receiving death threats and intimidation online after publishing a Facebook post. Keiso
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Circus performer detained for 554 days in Israel
On 12 June, Ofer Military Court, in the occupied West Bank near Ramallah, renewed the administrative detention order of Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha for three months.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action Update: Palestinian activist in administrative detention
The Israeli district court in Jerusalem renewed Hasan Ghassan Ghaleb Safadi's administrative detention for six months on 11 June.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: University students arrested in India after protest
Eight university students and three members of a political party’s student wing in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh have been in detention since 7 June.
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Urgent Action: Health fears for imprisoned Canadian pastor in North Korea
Lim Hyeon-soo, sentenced to life in prison in hard labour in North Korea, has developed a host of health problems including malnutrition, high blood pressure, arthritis, and stomach problems as a side effect of medicine that was not properly administered.
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Urgent Action update: Sentence confirmed on Saudi Arabian writer
Saudi Arabian writer Nazeer al-Majed was informed on 15 May that the Court of Appeal of the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh has upheld his seven-year prison sentence. Nazeer al-Majed has been detained since 18 January solely for having…
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Amnesty calls for unity in light of Finsbury Park attacksPress release 19 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action: Indigenous defenders attacked and at risk in Guatemala
Aura Lolita Chávez, a renowned Guatemalan human rights defender and Indigenous leader, and members of her organization the K’iche People’s Council (CPK) were threatened and attacked by unidentified armed men.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Children's books highlighting global refugee crisis win Amnesty CILIP HonoursPress release 19 Jun 2017
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Qatar/Gulf dispute risks tearing families apart and spreading fear across the regionPress release 19 Jun 2017
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Illustrator Ross Collins on choosing The Journey to win the Amnesty CILIP Honour 2017Blog post 19 Jun 2017
