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More than 7,000 killed in the Philippines in six months, as president encourages murderPresident Duterte ordered police and citizens to kill anyone they believe to be connected to the drugs trade in June 2016. In the following six months, more than 7,000 people were killed. Police and vigilantes are brazenly killing for incentives, with no…
27 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Growing health concerns for prominent activist in BahrainPrisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab has been held in solitary confinement for nine months, with growing concerns about the effect it is having on his health and well-being.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution date set after 25 years on death row in USA
Don Davis is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 17 April. He has been on death death row for 25 years, having been sentenced to death in 1992 for a murder committed during a burglary in 1990.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2017 -
Russia: Navalny and other peaceful protesters should be released immediatelyPress release 27 Mar 2017
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Urgent Action: Paramilitary invasion of humanitarian zones in Colombia
Inhabitants of the Jiguamiandó river basin have reported the presence of paramilitary groups in their territory. The increase in paramilitary activity in these humanitarian zones is putting the Indigenous and Afro-Colombian residents at risk.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Hundreds of Roma at risk of forced eviction in Italy
A community of approximately 1300 Romanian Roma is facing an imminent forced eviction from the informal settlement of Gianturco in Naples, in southern Italy.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution set despite diagnosis of schizophrenia in USA
Bruce Ward is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 17 April. He has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. In custody since 1989, he has been on death row for nearly 25 years. Thirty-two years old at the time of the crime, he is now aged 60.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2017 -
'We must stand together against hatred': Amnesty International“Our common humanity must not be undermined by those who seek to divide us"
Press release 24 Mar 2017 -
Manchester City Council urged to raise case of detained Emirati human rights activistPress release 24 Mar 2017
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Burma: Fact-finding mission is welcome and urgently neededPress release 24 Mar 2017
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Libya: 'deplorable' videos of soldiers shooting captive fighters must be fully investigatedPress release 23 Mar 2017
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Pakistan is 'surrendering the judicial system to the military'Press release 22 Mar 2017
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Urgent Action update: Human rights defender's whereabouts unknown in UAEProminent Emirati human rights defender and blogger Ahmed Mansoor was arrested at his home in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 20 March. His whereabouts are unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action correction: Four families in USA detained for over 500 days
Four young children and their mothers are seeking asylum in the US after escaping horrific violence in their home countries. They have been held at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement centre in Pennsylvania for over 500 days despite having pending…
Urgent action outcomes 22 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Tibetan activist remains arbitrarily detained
Prisoner of conscience, Tashi Wangchuk, has been detained for over a year and has yet to be informed by Chinese authorities of the charges against him.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Egyptian prisoner in solitary confinement on hunger strike
Ahmed Amin Ghazali Amin has been on hunger strike since 9 March, in protest against his solitary confinement, which he has been held in since May 2016, when he was sentenced to death by a Military Court. An appeal hearing is still due to be set. If…
Urgent action outcomes 21 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Okinawa activist released on bail after five months
Hiroji Yamashiro, 64 years of age, has been released on bail after five months in detention without being able to see his family. Arrested for his role in protests against new U.S. military construction projects in Okinawa, his next court hearing is…
Urgent action outcomes 21 Mar 2017 -
Pregnant British woman due in court in Rwanda tomorrow on 'state secrets' chargesPress release 21 Mar 2017
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Special Resolution C1(S) – Nominations for Elections at the Annual General MeetingBlog post 21 Mar 2017
