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Detention and Imprisonment (198)
Jan 21 2025 5:52pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Journalist Ahmad Maher Released
On 18 January 2025, journalist Ahmad Maher was released from Bir Ahmad...
Jan 13 2025 4:12pm
Iran: release of German-Iranian activist Nahid Taghavi welcomed
The dual-national, one of many to be targeted in recent years, was giv...
Dec 18 2024 11:38am
UK: Laila Soueif to mark 81st day of hunger strike with Christmas vigil outside Downing St
Actor and activist Khalid Abdalla to show his solidarity with the fami...
Nov 26 2024 6:23pm
UK: mother of jailed British writer Alaa Abdel Fattah to deliver copy of his book to No10
The mother of the jailed British writer Aala Abdel Fattah, Laila Souei...
Oct 15 2024 10:51am
Urgent Action Outcome: Palestinian Surgeon Khaled Al Serr Is Released
On 30 September 2024, Palestinian surgeon Khaled Al Serr was released ...
Oct 11 2024 11:59am
UK: Alaa Abdel Fattah's family to hold in-conversation event ahead of jailed activist's book launch
On Tuesday 22 October (7-9pm), Amnesty International UK will host an i...
Aug 9 2024 2:28pm
United Nations Committee against Torture expresses concern that torture and ill-treatment still endemic in Türkiye
Written by Chris Ramsey, Country Coordinator for Türkiye    On 2...
Aug 1 2024 9:16am
USA: 9/11 plea deals welcomed though Guantánamo detention centre must close
Responding to an announcement from the US Department of Defense that p...
Jun 26 2024 1:00am
Russia: jailed anti-war critics being denied family visits - new report
Imprisoned dissidents regularly prevented from seeing family members, ...
May 24 2024 11:27am
Urgent Action Outcome: Disappeared Human Rights Defender Released
On 1 December 2023, Daouda Diallo, a human rights defender and secreta...