Urgent Action: Opposition leader faces imminent execution in Bangladesh
The Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal of Mir Quasem Ali and upheld his death sentence. The only remaining avenue available to him is to seek clemency from the President.
Urgent Action: Student activist arrested for facebook posts in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been arrested in Rajshahi in Bangladesh after making two Facebook posts criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Urgent Action update: Health concern for British-Algerian journalist in Algeria
British-Algerian freelance journalist Mohamed Tamalt is currently in intensive care. He fell into a coma over a week ago.
Youth Fundraising Update: September 2016
A fundraising update for Amnesty youth groups and schools. Has info. on some of the best fundraising events of the 2015-16 academic year.
Resource pack: Lift Off (Irish)
Ten lessons in Irish to build knowledge of human rights issues, drawing on skills and attitudes developed by The Right Start.
Resource pack: Me, You, Everyone (Irish)
Ten lessons in Irish focusing on knowledge of human rights issues, developing the skills and attitudes acquired from previous resources.
Urgent Action update: Beaten and still detained after bail was paid in Egypt
One week since Islam Khalil’s bail of 50,000 Egyptian pounds (US$5,510) was paid, the 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture has yet to be released.
Urgent Action good news: Defamation investigation suspended in Indonesia
Indonesian police suspended their investigation into a defamation complaint against human rights activist Haris Azhar.
Urgent Action: 14-Year-Old Egyptian boy tortured to confess
Egypt’s National Security Agency subjected 14-year-old Aser Mohamed to enforced disappearance for 34 days. The boy claims that he was tortured and ill-treated to confess to offences he did not commit.