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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...
Dec 16 2019 1:48pm
Nine activists jailed for protesting
Nine activists, Guy Marius Sagna, Mamadou Diao Diallo, Malick Biaye, P...
Dec 12 2019 11:48am
First Update: Professor at risk of arrest, remains on no-fly list
Professor Muhammad Ismail was granted conditional bail on 25 November,...
Dec 10 2019 2:20pm
First Update: Housing rights researcher in detention after enforced disappearance
On 26 November 2019, Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, a housing rights researcher w...
Dec 10 2019 12:53pm
First update: Rights defender facing trumped-up charges
The trial of Server Mustafayev has started, following his transfer to ...
Dec 5 2019 5:04pm
Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh ...