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Urgent Action Victory! Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Released (Palestine: UA 122.20)
Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces, Cuban lawyer, independent journalist and prisoner of conscience, was released from prison on 4 September 2020, after serving his one-year sentence. Although it is good…
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Amnesty International USA’s 2020 Virtual Activism Conference
For more than 40 years, Amnesty International USA has hosted regional conferences in cities across the country. These conferences have provided a space for people to come together to increase…
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Palantir Technologies Contracts Raise Human Rights Concerns before NYSE Direct Listing
In advance of the direct listing of Palantir Technologies, Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange on September 29, Amnesty International released today a new briefing, Failing to Do Right: The…
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Urgent Action: Professor Terminated for Facebook Post (Bangladesh: UA 149.20)
A.K.M. Wahiduzzaman, an assistant professor at Bangladesh’s National University, was arbitrarily dismissed from service on 2 September 2020 on grounds of posting on Facebook “offensive” and “indecent” remarks about Prime…
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Urgent Action Update: Opposition Leader Fighting Sentence (Azerbaijan: UA 38.20)
Azerbaijani opposition politician and journalist Tofig Yagublu was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on 3 September on trumped up charges. He started a hunger strike in…
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Urgent Action Update: Jailed Lawyer’s Health at Serious Risk (Iran: UA 126.18)
Jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s health is at serious risk after the Iranian authorities returned her to prison from the hospital, even though a doctor said she needed a…
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New evidence shows refugees and migrants in Libya trapped in horrific cycle of abuses
Tens of thousands of refugees and migrants in Libya are trapped in a vicious cycle of cruelty with little to no hope of finding safe and legal pathways out, Amnesty International said…
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18th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Access to counsel – A matter of life or death
Join Amnesty International for our annual celebration of World Day Against the Death Penalty. Every year, Amnesty International, and others around the globe, mark this day to raise awareness about…
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Urgent Action Update: Health Fears for Prisoner of Conscience (China: UA 284.16)
Huang Qi, founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “64 Tianwang”, was finally able to talk to his mother on 17 September 2020, the first time since he was…
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Urgent Action: Free Opposition Leader Maryia Kalesnikava (Belarus: UA 147.20)
Belarusian authorities abducted opposition leader Maryia Kalesnikava on 7 September. After she resisted expulsion from Belarus she was detained and – on 16 September – charged with “undermining national security”.…
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Breonna Taylor Case Underscores Need for Real Police Reform
Responding to the decision in the Breonna Taylor case today, Kristina Roth, the Senior Program Officer for Criminal Justice Programs at Amnesty International USA, said:
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Urgent Action Update: Human Rights Defenders Face Lengthy Sentences (China: UA 113.19)
Anti-discrimination NGO workers Cheng Yuan, Liu Yongze and Wu Gejianxiong were tried in secret between 31 August and 4 September 2020 on charges of “subversion of state power”. They face…