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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...
May 10 2019 5:05pm
Urgent Action: Stop harassment of human rights activist
On 6 May at around 6am the police raided the home of prominent human r...
May 9 2019 4:23pm
Urgent Action outcome: Activist released after being rearrested
Azerbaijani activist Bayram Mammadov was released on 29 April after ha...
May 8 2019 4:28pm
Urgent Action: Fears of activist’s enforced disappearance
Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma has been missing since 9 Apr...
May 3 2019 10:58am
Urgent Action correction: End attacks against human rights defenders
It has come to our attention that the email address originally indicat...
Apr 30 2019 4:19pm
The women risking their lives to save the planet
This is a guest blog by Graham Minter, volunteer Country Coordinator. ...
Apr 30 2019 9:12am
Ecuador: women environmental defenders in life-threatening danger due to government failings
New Amnesty International report shows Ecuadorian authorities are fail...