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May 29 2019 5:00pm
I gave water to migrants crossing the Arizona desert. They charged me with a felony.
By Scott Warren AJO, Ariz. — After a dangerous journey across Mexic...
May 24 2019 4:13pm
Urgent Action: Defamation charges for exposing labour abuse
Human rights defenders, activists, journalists and former employees ar...
May 24 2019 12:16pm
Urgent Action: Defamation charges used to silence dissent
Police have charged prominent activists Parit ‘Penguin’ Chiwarak, Sira...
May 22 2019 11:38am
Urgent Action update: Constant surveillance impacts lawyer’s health
Human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong remains under heavy surveillance, d...
May 22 2019 10:11am
Urgent Action: Drop charges against human rights defender
On 17 January 2018, US Border Patrol agents arrested Dr. Scott Warren,...
May 20 2019 2:20pm
Urgent Action: Human rights defender fears for safety
On 26 April, two unknown men on motorbikes, presumably belonging to a ...
May 20 2019 11:20am
Urgent Action update: Journalist officially charged with cyber libel
On 14 May, Maria Ressa, human rights defender and executive editor of ...
May 17 2019 1:01pm
Urgent Action update: Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh ...
May 15 2019 8:53am
British man facing up to five years in prison for documenting police abuse in Calais
Tom Ciotkowski was observing French riot police preventing volunteers ...
May 13 2019 1:20pm
Israel: Amnesty and New York University in legal action to prevent spyware attacks
Israeli MoD currently lets spyware manufacturer NSO Group sell to coun...