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Amnesty Brave Awards 202018 Dec 2019
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UK: High Court judgment due on landmark child citizenship fees caseHome Office faces challenge over ‘profiteering’ child citizenship fees
Press release 18 Dec 2019 -
Outcome: Torture of Rashitjon Kadirov stoppedThe former Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being tortured to give confessions.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Sixth update: Expected verdict on death penalty caseA Bahrani court is set to deliver it's verdict on the death penalty cases of two men tortured into giving confessions.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Outcome: Family seeking asylum returns home voluntarilyFamily of asylum seekers returned to Pakistan after being detained in deplorable conditions for a long period of time.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
First update: lengthy jail terms for prisoners of conscienceCrimean Tatar human rights defenders were given lengthy prison sentences, after an unfair trial based on false charges.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Iran: Activist sentenced to 24 years in prisonAn Iranian women's rights defender has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for campaigning against forced veiling laws.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Pakistan: Former leader Musharraf must face accountability for all crimesPress release 17 Dec 2019
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Myanmar: Release jailed filmmaker second updateA prominent filmmaker has been convicted to a year in prison for Facebook posts critical of the Myanmar military.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Outcome: Representative's trial startedThe trial against Venezuelan National Assembly member, Juan Requesens, has begun, after arbitrary detention and delays.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Nine activists jailed for protestingEight activists have been held in detention since Nov for exercising their free expression. They are on hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Dec 2019 -
Photographer abducted outside his homeA photographer, who attended protests in Tahrir Square, is missing after being abducted outside of his home on 6 Dec.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Dec 2019 -
Iran: thousands arrested after protestsReports of truckloads of blindfolded people taken to prisons, with jails now overflowing with new detainees
Press release 16 Dec 2019 -
India: 'Brutal' police crackdown on student protesters must be investigatedAllegations that police have beaten and sexually harassed protesters.
Press release 16 Dec 2019 -
Hazardous air puts health of millions at riskThe air in Pakistan's most populated region is so toxic that people's lives and health are in great danger.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Dec 2019 -
Bangladesh: Estimated 500,000 Rohingya children being denied an educationAmnesty calls for international community to share responsibility for their future.
Press release 14 Dec 2019 -
UK: new government must uphold human rights“The new Government must keep the Human Rights Act intact”
Press release 13 Dec 2019 -
Iraq: new 'campaign of terror' against protesters - testimonies‘You cannot imagine the level of fear that we all feel now’ - protester in Baghdad
Press release 13 Dec 2019 -
India: New Citizenship Amendment Bill 'reeks of fear-mongering and bigotry'
"The amendments also set a dangerous shift in the way citizenship will be determined in India", say Amnesty India.
Press release 12 Dec 2019 -
First Update: Defender kept in forced psychiatric detentionAn Uzbekistani blogger's forced detainment in a psychiatric hospital has been extended by a court.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Dec 2019
