Spring Groups News 2018
Spring issue of Groups News covers great activities that Amnesty groups have organised during the last 6 months.
Urgent Action: Gazan at imminent risk of losing second leg in Israel/OPT
Journalist Yousef al-Kronz is being denied permission by Israeli authorities to travel for medical treatment.
Death penalty report: Apr 2018 - Template letter to local paper
Urgent Action Update: Prisoner of Conscience on trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
On 11 April 2018, Ahmed Mansoor appeared before a court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for his second trial
Urgent Action: Administrative detention of NGO worker renewed in Israel
Abdul Razeq Farraj, an NGO worker, has been held by Israel without charge or trial for 325 days.
Urgent Action: Dozens left homeless after forced eviction in Swaziland
Dozens of people, including 33 children, were left homeless after their homes were demolished using bulldozers
Urgent Action good news: Eleven people in Ethiopia freed after more than a week in jail
Eleven people including a lawyer, journalists, bloggers, opposition members and academics were released without charge.
Urgent Action update: Dalit rights activist still detained without charge in India
Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, a prominent Dalit rights activist, is still being held in administrative detention.
Urgent Action: Human rights defenders arrested and detained in Niger
Four human rights defenders were among a group of people arrested and detained on by security forces in Niamey, Niger.
Urgent Action update: Ten students remanded for anti-war protest in Turkey
Three separate Istanbul courts have remanded in prison a total of ten Boğaziçi University students.