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India: Revoking special status of Jammu and Kashmir likely to inflame tensionsPress release 05 Aug 2019
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Mauritania: blogger Mohamed Mkhaïtir released after five years in detention for publishing a blogMkhaïtir was sentenced to death and held in arbitrary detention for more than five years
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Nigeria: deaths of three IMN protesters in police custody must be investigated15 other detainees need treatment for life-threatening gunshot wounds
Press release 05 Aug 2019 -
Russia: latest mass protest arrests condemned‘The Russian authorities have shown nothing but disdain for human rights and the notion of peaceful protest’
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Japan: Two hanged in 'deplorable' executions“Japan remains stuck in the past by continuing with this ultimate cruel and irreversible punishment.”
Press release 02 Aug 2019 -
Uganda: Academic found guilty of cyber harassment of president after Facebook post‘The mere fact that forms of expression are considered insulting to a public figure is not sufficient ground to penalise anyone’ - Joan Nyanyuki
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Saudi Arabia: wider women's rights reforms should follow guardianship announcementAuthorities urged to end their crackdown on women’s rights activists
Press release 02 Aug 2019 -
Equatorial Guinea: President Nguema's 'gruesome' 40 years of human rights abusesRepressive measures such as torture, extra judicial executions, arbitrary arrests used by the world’s longest serving president
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Myanmar: Filmmaker on trial facing 'vindictive' charges for Facebook postsMin Htin Ko Ko Gyi arrested for Facebook posts critical of military.
Press release 01 Aug 2019 -
Iran: Kurdish singer flogged for drinking alcohol and 'insulting Islam'Peyman Mirzadeh was previously jailed for singing songs in support of opposition groups
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Syria: UN Secretary General's investigation into Idlib 'offers hope'The bombing of medical facilities is ‘part of a pattern’ by the Syrian authorities
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Hong Kong: Riot charges against protesters a 'chilling warning'A total of 44 people have been charged with ‘rioting’ following weekend protests.
Press release 31 Jul 2019 -
Egypt: scores of hunger-striking prisoners 'at breaking point'‘There can be no justification for the cruel and inhumane treatment these detainees have endured’
Press release 31 Jul 2019 -
Israel: death threats made against Amnesty and other civil society organisationsFurther threats and a dead mouse left outside refugee organisation’s building
Press release 31 Jul 2019 -
China: Claims that Uyghers have been released 'deceptive and unverifiable'An estimated one million predominantly Muslim people are being detained.
Press release 30 Jul 2019 -
Lebanon: cancellation of Mashrou' Leila concert condemned‘This is the direct result of the government’s failure to take a strong stand against hatred and discrimination’
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Trans identity treated as mental illness by NHS in Northern Ireland - activist warnsPress release 30 Jul 2019
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Tanzania: Arrest of journalist Erick Kabendera 'an assault on press freedom'The investigative journalist is currently being held incommunicado.
Press release 30 Jul 2019 -
Vietnam: Activist faces trial for Facebook Live criticising corruptionHa Van Nam beaten and harassed for his social media posts.
Press release 29 Jul 2019 -
Maxine Peake cancels play to highlight plight of Palestinian actors‘Our play is cancelled because art should not be targeted by soldiers’
Press release 29 Jul 2019
