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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 -
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
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’
Press release 03 Aug 2019 -
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 -
Urgent Action: Newspaper editor detained without charge
On 15 July 2019, Michael Rial Christopher, South Sudanese newspaper editor was taken off a flight to Kenya and arrested.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Aug 2019 -
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 -
Malak al-Kashef is free!Thank you to everyone who signed our petition to free Malak al-Kashef. She is now free! We couldn't have done it without you.
02 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Lawyer of Xinca people still under threat
Quelvin Jimenez reported that a group of people, carrying weapons, disrupted a meeting of the Xinca Indigenous people.
Urgent action outcomes 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
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
Press release 02 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Filmmaker charged, health concerns remain
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a prominent filmmaker, has been formally charged after being detained for more than three months.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained couple remains held
Egyptian authorities have decided to imprison Ola al-Qaradawi over unfounded charges.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed journalists on hunger strike
Iranian journalists Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Mohammadifar have been on hunger strike since 4 July.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Uyghur activist’s 30 relatives still detained
Up to 30 relatives of Uyghur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer have been detained for nearly two years without trial.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2019 -
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 -
Urgent Action update: 30 opposition figures sentenced to death
The Huthi-run Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) of Sana’a sentenced to death 30 academics and political figures.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2019 -
Syria: UN Secretary General's investigation into Idlib 'offers hope'The bombing of medical facilities is ‘part of a pattern’ by the Syrian authorities
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
Press release 01 Aug 2019 -
The march of Pride on the road to justiceMarielle Franco would have turned 50 on July 27th, it's been more than 500 days since she was assassinated. That's why this Pride season we're asking everyone to Fight Like Marielle.
Blog post 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
