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Bahrain: briefing ahead of Prince Charles’ visitPress release 07 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Ghada Jamsheer to plead for early release in Bahrain
Bahraini women’s rights activist Ghada Jamsheer, a prisoner of conscience serving the remainder of a 10-month prison sentence, is due in court on 7 November.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Librarian's trial started in Moscow
Natalya Sharina’s trial began on 2 November and if convicted, she will face up to ten years in prison. Natalya Sharina is a prisoner of conscience and must be released immediately and unconditionally.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Turkey: Kurdish opposition arrests 'ominous'Press release 04 Nov 2016
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Syria: fears mount for Aleppo’s beleaguered civiliansPress release 04 Nov 2016
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Kenya: Court case to stop closure of Dadaab refugee camps starts Monday 7 NovemberPress release 04 Nov 2016
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Venezuelan authorities deny medical care to severely-ill jailed opposition leaderPress release 04 Nov 2016
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Pakistan: Sharbat Gula deportation 'cruel'Press release 04 Nov 2016
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Syria conflict: Voices from AleppoTeachers, medics, rescue workers... the people trapped in eastern Aleppo live in constant fear. These are their stories.
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Russia: Moscow authorities blocking attempts to resolve Amnesty office closure disputePress release 03 Nov 2016
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Canada: energy sector development in British Columbia putting indigenous women at risk - new reportPress release 03 Nov 2016
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South Sudan: 'Drastic change' needed in UN peace keeping following sacking of commanderPress release 02 Nov 2016
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Russia: Amnesty International's Moscow office sealed, with electricity cut offPress release 02 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Activist's prison sentence reduced to 3 years in Bahrain
On 26 October the five years prison sentence against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas Mahdi Mohamed was reduced to three years by Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals.
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President Santos visit: Theresa May should urge justice for victims of Colombia's conflictPress release 02 Nov 2016
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Iraq: tribal militia carrying out revenge attacks in Mosul operationPress release 02 Nov 2016
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Italy: Refugees and migrants slapped and subjected to electric shocks to force fingerprintingPress release 02 Nov 2016
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UA update: One G20 journalist remains in detention as fifth is released in China
One of the citizen journalists detained for covering protests prior to the G20 summit, Yuan Ying, was released on 27 October and sources have attributed international pressure, including action taken by Amnesty International, to her release.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience writes of torture in Russian Federation
In a letter addressed to his wife and published on a news website on 1 November, prisoner of conscience Ildar Dadin revealed that prison staff, including the director of the prison colony in Segezha, in the Karelia region of Russia, have beaten and…
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Urgent Action: Three activists face harassment and risk arrest in Vietnam
Three human rights defenders engaged in activism relating to an ecological disaster in Vietnam are facing severe harassment, including public denunciations, prosecution and death threats.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016
