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Jan 20 2020 2:40pm
Afghanistan: Authorities commit to protect human rights
Afghan authorities today made a public commitment to establish a prote...
Jan 16 2020 4:12pm
Human rights defender held incommunicado
Human rights defender Joaquín Elo Ayeto continues to be detained in Bl...
Jan 16 2020 2:25pm
Israel: gagging order in NSO Group legal case condemned
Tel Aviv court agrees to Israel defence ministry’s request for secret ...
Jan 14 2020 2:52pm
Israel: Amnesty brings legal case against NSO Group over spyware
Tech firm sells Pegasus spyware, used by repressive governments to tar...
Jan 14 2020 11:52am
Outcome: Activists arrested for protesting released
Five pro-democracy activists, Alseny Farinta Camara, Moussa Sanoh, Bou...
Jan 14 2020 9:44am
Nigeria: Human rights defenders must be released
Nigerian authorities have continued to detain human rights defenders O...
Jan 13 2020 12:29pm
Saudi Arabia: why Amnesty will not attend 'sham' C20 meetings
Civil society meetings are taking place in lead-up to G20 in Riyadh in...
Jan 9 2020 9:55am
Communities in Western Colombia threatened by armed groups
Human Rights Defender, Leyner Palacios, has been vocal about the prese...
Dec 23 2019 12:32pm
Iran: Kurdish activist needs medical care
Detained labour rights activist, Bakhtiar Rahimi, from Iran’s Kurdish ...
Dec 17 2019 3:54pm
Myanmar: Release jailed filmmaker second update
Filmmaker Min, Htin Ko Ko Gyi, has been convicted under 505(a) of Myan...