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Oct 8 2020 6:01am
Colombia: Human rights defenders suffering 'crisis' as land threats increase - new report
Defenders living in one of Colombia’s largest coca-producing areas sti...
Aug 18 2020 11:06am
Philippines: Human rights defender shot dead as 'cycle of bloodshed continues'
Zara Alvarez a human rights defender from the Philippines was shot dea...
Aug 6 2020 9:43am
COVID-19: Jailed activists remain in virus-hit prisons as attempts to silence them continue
Human rights defenders around the world excluded from government measu...
Jul 22 2020 10:19am
Urgent Action outcome: Conviction of prisoners of conscience upheld
The Russian Military Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Crimean...
Jul 6 2020 4:56pm
Urgent Action outcome: Campaign for prisoner of conscience continues
Prisoner of conscience and union leader Rubén González has been arbitr...
Jun 29 2020 11:36am
China: Female activist released after incommunicado detention
Li Qiaochu, an active defender of the rights of women and workers, has...
Jun 25 2020 3:21pm
“If they can kill Berta Cáceres, they can kill anyone”
Written by Sheila Royce - Country Coordinator Berta Cáceres, tenaci...
Jun 23 2020 8:41pm
Egypt: Human rights activist arrested outside public prosecutor's office
Egyptian human rights activist Sanaa Seif was detained today outside t...
Jun 10 2020 10:54am
France: Prosecution of police officer who assaulted British volunteer helping refugees in Calais welcomed
Tom Ciotkowski pushed violently by police after recording a French pol...
May 28 2020 5:14pm
Israel/OPT: challenge to travel ban on Amnesty campaigner to be heard by court
On Sunday, Jerusalem court to consider travel ban on Laith Abu Zeyad l...