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Extinction Rebellion blanket ban chilling and unlawful'The police must respect the rights of those peacefully protesting and ensure that the voices of those demanding action on tackling the climate crisis are allowed to be heard' - Allan Hogarth
Press release 15 Oct 2019 -
Egypt: prominent human rights defender tortured as crackdown intensifiesThe interrogator threatened to strangle her with her own sweatshirt
Press release 14 Oct 2019 -
Queen's speech: Brexit must not eclipse pressing human rights issuesGovernment sets agenda on immigration, domestic abuse and Northern Ireland
Press release 14 Oct 2019 -
UAE/UK: protest and panel event for jailed Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor‘Ahmed and I were imprisoned at roughly the same time last year' - Matthew Hedges
Press release 14 Oct 2019 -
Queen's speech 2019: the good, the bad and the… ignoredThe Queen's Speech set out the government’s priorities for the next Parliamentary session. Here's our reflections: some good, others not so good.
14 Oct 2019 -
Egypt: two men detained and tortured as children given 'disgraceful' ten-year prison sentencePress release 12 Oct 2019
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Understanding poverty and social rights through lived experienceBlog post 11 Oct 2019
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Syria: Turkish military offensive risks a devastating humanitarian catastrophe“Hostilities will impact and restrict access to humanitarian aid, pushing the civilian population - which has already suffered years of violence and displacement - to the brink."
Press release 11 Oct 2019 -
Uganda: reintroduction of 'kill the gays' bill is outrageous‘This is going to fire up more hatred in an already homophobic environment’
Press release 11 Oct 2019 -
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iran's treatment denounced as 'unspeakably cruel''This should now be the tipping point - the Iranian authorities should finally do the right thing by releasing Nazanin'
Press release 11 Oct 2019 -
Sunday 18 AugustThe Imprisoned Writers Series seeks to challenge, move and inspire by sharing writing by those whose freedom of expression is threatened or denied. We’ve been a feature of the Book Festival since 1997.
Blog post 10 Oct 2019 -
Egypt: prominent blogger-activist Alaa Abdel Fattah tortured in detentionActivist stripped and beaten in notorious Tora jail
Press release 10 Oct 2019 -
Opposition leader detainedCuban opposition remember remains held in detention without charges, following 72 hours incommunicado detention.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Oct 2019 -
Morocco: human rights activists latest targeted by Israeli spyware - new reportMalicious Israeli-made spyware used against academic and lawyer
Press release 10 Oct 2019 -
Ndume Olatushani: 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commitNdume Olatushani spent 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Oskar Butcher sat down with him to talk about his experience.
Blog post 10 Oct 2019 -
Malaysia: Unfair trials and secret hangings - new death penalty report“The death penalty is a stain on Malaysia's criminal justice system” - Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu
Press release 10 Oct 2019 -
Syria: Civilians at risk as Turkish military offensive begins“Both Turkish and Kurdish forces have a track record of carrying out indiscriminate attacks in Syria that have killed scores of civilians."
Press release 09 Oct 2019 -
Iraq: witnesses confirm snipers have deliberately killed protestersJournalists and activists warned to ‘keep silent’ over the violence
Press release 09 Oct 2019 -
Iran: 3,500 women's tickets for World Cup football match is 'cynical publicity stunt'At least 40 women arrested for attempting to enter football stadiums in past two years
Press release 09 Oct 2019 -
Ecuador: authorities must end repression of demonstrations immediatelyPress release 09 Oct 2019
