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Urgent Action update: Newspaper threatened for reports on abductions in Russia
The staff of Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and journalists supporting them have been threatened following the newspaper’s publication of reports about the abduction and torture of gay men in Chechnya.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: University lecturer in Uganda must be released
Dr Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan university lecturer, was arrested on 7 April and subsequently charged with insulting the president and violating his right to privacy.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Stay of execution for Don Davis in Arkansas
The execution of Don Davis, scheduled for 17 April in Arkansas, did not go ahead. Minutes before midnight, when the death warrant was set to expire, the US Supreme Court refused to lift the stay issued by the Arkansas Supreme Court that afternoon.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017 -
My family’s right to a homeLiesbeth and her family have lived in the UK for almost 20 years. They have a house, work, friends and colleagues – everything that comes with being at home. Now they live in uncertainty as the government has refused to tell them, and people from across…
Blog post 18 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defenders' lives in danger in HaitiHuman rights defenders David Boniface and Juders Ysemé fear for their lives following the sudden death of their colleague, Nissage Martyr, one day after service of a lawsuit filed by the three men in the US for grave human rights violations against Jean…
Urgent action outcomes 18 Apr 2017 -
Iran should halt 'outrageous' execution of two juvenile offendersPress release 18 Apr 2017
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Urgent Action: Opposition activists arbitrarily held in Sudan
Three political opposition activists are being held in prolonged detention without charge following their arrests in Khartoum by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) between January and February 2017. They are being detained…
Urgent action outcomes 18 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Bahrain's opposition leader's sentence reduced again
On 3 April, the Court of Cassation in Bahrain reduced the prison sentence against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in prison for the second time. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Apr 2017 -
Chibok anniversary a chilling reminder of Boko Haram’s ongoing scourge of abductionsPress release 14 Apr 2017
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Six must-reads on human rights in the wake of President TrumpOur suggested reading to stay informed and inspired to fight for human rights in the wake of the new US administration.
Blog post 13 Apr 2017 -
USA: Arkansas must halt planned 'conveyor belt' of executions this monthPress release 13 Apr 2017
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Podcast: Steve Kelly on a long fight for justice following the Hillsborough DisasterSteve tells the heartbreaking story of his brother Mike, and a long campaign for justice. Mike was one of 96 people killed in the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, the biggest sporting disaster in UK history. For years, the deaths were blamed on Liverpool FC…
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Israel: Palestinian prisoners to stage mass hunger strike in protest at family visit abusesPress release 13 Apr 2017
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Urgent Action update: Hundreds of Roma forcibly evicted in Italy
Hundreds of Roma living in the settlement of Gianturco were forcibly evicted on 7 April. Dozens of families had already left the settlement due to intensified police checks and harassment and many are feared homeless.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Detained human rights lawyer location unknown in ChinaXie Yang, a human rights lawyer detained since the government crackdown in 2015, has been transferred to an unknown location and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be immediately and unconditionally…
Urgent action outcomes 12 Apr 2017 -
Ambassador of Conscience Award 2017Alicia Keys and the Indigenous rights movement of Canada have been awarded the Ambassador of Conscience Award 2017 – Amnesty International’s highest honour.
12 Apr 2017 -
Amnesty's Digital Product RoadmapBlog post 12 Apr 2017
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Rex Tillerson should raise Russia's 'staggering' human rights record during Moscow tripPress release 11 Apr 2017
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Mark Wallinger's 'Ecce Homo' statue installed at St Paul's CathedralPress release 11 Apr 2017
