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Jan 24 2019 12:00am
Iran: more than 7,000 arrested last year in crackdown of 'staggering scale' - new figures
Women protesting against being forced to wear headscarves among those ...
Jan 21 2019 5:36pm
Russia: first-ever 'undesirable organisation' case brought against human rights activist
Open Russia’s coordinator in Rostov-on-Don could face six years in jai...
Jan 17 2019 3:31pm
Urgent Action update: Activist sentenced to two years in prison
Chinese human rights defender Zhen Jianghua was convicted of “inciting...
Jan 17 2019 11:43am
Stansted 15 tell their story through film
The Stansted 15 feature in an independent documentary by award-w...
Jan 9 2019 2:41pm
Communities in Western Colombia threatened by armed groups
Human Rights Defender, Leyner Palacios, has been vocal about the prese...
Jan 4 2019 3:40pm
Urgent Action update: Verdict for human rights defender
On 31 December 2018 the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme ...
Jan 4 2019 2:17pm
Urgent Action update: Human rights organisations at risk
As the National Assembly approved cancelling the legal registration of...
Dec 23 2018 11:07am
Amnesty Sheffield January 2019 Meetings
At our first meeting of the year we will welcome local historian David...
Dec 20 2018 3:57pm
Egypt: 43 NGO workers acquitted in notorious 'foreign funding' case
‘Case 173’ was part of an ongoing crackdown on NGOs and human rights d...
Dec 19 2018 11:24am
Urgent Action: Attacks on defenders and journalists increase
Nicaraguan authorities continue to target journalists, human rights de...