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Russia: court upholds lengthy prison sentences for LGBTI siblings25 Oct 2022 Press release
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UK: sister of Alaa Abd el-Fattah to stage sit-in at Foreign Office17 Oct 2022 Press release
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Myanmar: Japanese filmmaker given seven-year jail sentence must be released immediatelyToru Kubota was detained after covering a protest in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon in July this year
06 Oct 2022 Press release -
UK: Anoosheh Ashoori running London Marathon to help free Britons jailed in Iran29 Sep 2022 Press release
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Russia: activist reportedly beaten and raped for reciting anti-war poem27 Sep 2022 Press release
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Russia: peaceful anti-draft protesters must be released22 Sep 2022 Press release
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Egypt: country in throes of 'human rights crisis' ahead of COP27 - new report21 Sep 2022 Press release -
Afghanistan: New investigation reveals ‘cruel pattern’ of Taliban torturing and executing HazarasSix people including a 12-year-old girl killed in night raid on family home
16 Sep 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: nuclear watchdog findings on Zaporizhzhia tally with information from local sources07 Sep 2022 Press release
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Lebanon: death in custody after torture of Syrian refugee must be fully investigated06 Sep 2022 Press release
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Saudi Arabia: Leeds student's 'outrageous' 34-year sentence for Twitter use must be quashedAmnesty International has denounced an “outrageous” 34-year prison sentence against a Leeds student jailed solely for her peaceful Twitter activity, calling for her to be immediately and unconditionally released.
18 Aug 2022 Press release -
Israel/Palestine: outrage at further solitary confinement of Palestinian detained since he was 1303 Aug 2022 Press release
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Myanmar: ‘Vile and brutal’ tactics used by military to crush opposition - new reportDetainees allege they were psychologically tortured with death and rape threats
01 Aug 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: Russian soldiers in castration video must face justice29 Jul 2022 Press release
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Iran: more than 250 people executed in first six months of 2022The Iranian authorities have embarked on a “staggering” wave of executions in the first six months of this year, with at least 251 put to death often in groups of ten or more at a time, according to new research by Amnesty International and the…
27 Jul 2022 Press release -
Myanmar: First executions in decades mark atrocious escalation in state repressionThe four men were convicted in highly secretive and unfair trials
25 Jul 2022 Press release -
Singapore: Amnesty calls for an end to executions as fifth person hanged in under four monthsNazeri bin Lajim was executed in Singapore today after being handed the mandatory punishment for drug-related offences
22 Jul 2022 Press release -
Open letter on Justice for UkraineOn World Day for International Justice Day we demand impartial justice for human rights violations everywhere. Securing impartial justice is vital for humanity to win, and this is our message to the Foreign Secretary.
14 Jul 2022 Blog post -
Egypt: ten sentenced to death after 'flagrantly' unfair mass trial28 Jun 2022 Press release
