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Outcome: Withdrawal of Urgent ActionDue to new information, Amnesty no longer believes Osama Muhana al-Tamimi has been targeted by the Bahraini government.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jan 2020 -
USA: Virginia gun rally creating 'climate of fear'On average, at least 23 hate crimes per year day in the USA involve a gun
Press release 20 Jan 2020 -
UN landmark climate refugee ruling sets 'global precedent'Ioane Teitiota brought case to UN after New Zealand denied his claim of asylum as a ‘climate refugee’
Press release 20 Jan 2020 -
Iraq: Human rights lawyer forcibly disappearedA 29-year-old lawyer, representing arrested protesters, was abducted by armed men on 6 Oct. His whereabouts are unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jan 2020 -
Guantánamo: psychologists who created CIA torture techniques to testifyJames E Mitchell & John ‘Bruce’ Jessen responsible for waterboarding and other abuse
Press release 18 Jan 2020 -
Libya: peace talks in Berlin must prioritise justice for war crimesAmnesty investigation unearthed evidence of war crimes by both Tripoli government and Haftar’s forces
Press release 17 Jan 2020 -
Giulio Regeni: London and Cambridge vigils for murdered university studentSimilar Truth for Giulio vigils set to take place in various towns & cities in Italy
Press release 17 Jan 2020 -
Vietnam: Deadly land clashes lead to arrests and social media crackdownPress release 16 Jan 2020 -
Outcome: Nafosat Olloshkurova releasedUzbekistani blogger and human rights defender Nafosat Olloshkurova has been released from forced psychiatric detainment.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2020 -
Myanmar: Xi Jinping visit - China must stop blocking justice for RohingyaChinese President to meet Aung San Suu Kyi and military leaders.
Press release 16 Jan 2020 -
Opposition members at high risk of attackAttacks on representatives and staff linked to opposition parties in Venezuela’s National Assembly began in December.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2020 -
Israel: gagging order in NSO Group legal case condemned‘NSO Group’s chilling spyware has put the lives of human rights activists around the world in danger’
Press release 16 Jan 2020 -
Lebanon: 'alarming' new attacks on protestersSecurity forces brutally beat and drag protesters through the streets
Press release 16 Jan 2020 -
India: Citizenship Act protesters tortured in detention - new testimonyMore than 70 peaceful protesters arrested in city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
Press release 16 Jan 2020 -
Outcome: Rio Blanco land defenders' protection extendedThe Honduran government has agreed to new and continued protective measures for members of the Río Blanco community.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2020 -
Human rights defender held incommunicadoHuman rights defender continues to be detained after being tried for "defamation" and "threats" against the president.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2020 -
Switzerland: 12-year-olds face control orders under draconian counter-terror lawsChildren as young as 12 would be subject to sweeping new powers.
Press release 15 Jan 2020 -
Iran: pointed pellets, tear gas and rubber bullets fired at plane protesters'They are killing us slowly; they are torturing us to death’
Press release 15 Jan 2020 -
Cambodia: Bogus treason case against opposition leader must be droppedPress release 14 Jan 2020
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Seventh update: Death sentences upheld on appealThe death penalty has been upheld in the case of two men who gave confessions under torture.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jan 2020
