Urgent Action Outcome: Peaceful protester released after 16 months
Prisoner of conscience Konstantin Kotov, convicted for “violations of regulations of public assemblies” was released.
Urgent Action Outcome: Pastor Steven Tendo released from detention
Steven Tendo, 35-year-old pastor and asylum-seeker, released from detention.
Amnesty UK letter to Immigration Minister & Minister's reply regarding Immigration Rules (inadmissibility of asylum claims), 17 December 2020
Amnesty letter to Immigration Minister on Immigration Rules re Inadmissible Asylum Claims
'Safe and Legal Routes' Briefing
January 2021 Briefing on safe and legal routes for people to exercise their right to seek and enjoy asylum in the UK
Urgent Action outcome: Thirteen federal executions in six months
Three people, including one woman, were executed in the last week of the Trump administration.
Amnesty UK Briefing: Coronavirus Bill 2019-2021
Amnesty International Briefing: Coronavirus Bill 2019-2021
Urgent Action outcome: Guinean pro-democracy activist is free
Saïkou Yaya Diallo, the legal coordinator of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution freed from prison.
Urgent action outcome: Opposition members released
Political activists Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo and Gérard Yaovi Djossou were released from detention on 17 December 2020.
Urgent Action outcome: Indigenous land defender receives protection
Paraguayan authorities opened an investigation and provided protection to Bernarda Pesoa leader of indigenous community.
Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defenders Released
On 3 December 2020, Gasser Abdel Razek, Karim Ennarah and Mohamed Basheer were released and are now safely home.