Urgent Action update: Four month suspended for activists in Chad
Four activists arrested for planning a peaceful demonstration have received a four month suspended prison sentence.
Urgent Action update: Activist sentenced to one year in prison in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience, Dr Sa’eed al-Samahiji, was sentenced to one year in prison on 7 April 2016.
Groups News Spring 2016
Spring issue of Groups News covers great activities that Amnesty groups have organised from campaigning to save the Human
Urgent Action good news: Student unionist Kyaw Ko Ko released in Burma
Kyaw Ko Ko was released from prison on 8 April 2016 after charges against scores of student protestors were dropped.
Urgent Action good news: Student unionist Nandar Sitt Aung released in Burma
Nandar Sitt Aung was released from prison on 8 April 2016 after charges against scores of student protestors were dropped.
Urgent Action good news: Student leaders released in Burma
Phyoe Phyoe Aung and Lin Htet Naing were released on 8 April 2016 after charges against scores of students were dropped.
Urgent Action: Trade unionists receive death threats in Colombia
Human rights defenders and trade unionists in south-west Colombia are in danger after receiving death threats.
Urgent Action update: Kenneth Fults executed in Georgia USA
Kenneth Fults was executed by lethal injection on 12 April 2016 in the US state of Georgia.
Urgent Action update: Federal court stays execution of Ivan Teleguz in USA
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, received a temporary stay of execution from the US Court of Appeals on 29 March 2016.
Urgent Action: Issa Al-Hamid at risk of lengthy prison sentence in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Issa al-Hamid faces a lengthy prison sentence for his peaceful human rights activism.