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Urgent Action Update: Early Release of Jehovah’s Witness Reverted (Russian Federation: UA 99.20)
On 4 September, the Kursk Regional Court quashed the decision of the Lgov District Court to release imprisoned Danish Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen and sent the case back to the…
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Urgent Action Update: Detained Rights Lawyer Accused of Terrorism (Egypt: UA 131.19)
On 30 August 2020, the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) interrogated arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer and activist, Mahienour el-Masry, over charges of "joining a terrorist organisation" as part of…
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Urgent Action: Uyghur Jailed for Nine Years in Secret Trial (China: UA 135.20)
Maiwulani Nuermaimaiti, an internet technician, was sentenced to nine years in prison for “separatist activities” in August 2017. Taken away in January 2017, his family members only found out about…
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Banned Books Week and AI
Banned Books Week was founded in 1982 by prominent First Amendment and library activist Judith Krug. Krug said that the Association of American Publishers contacted her with ideas to bring…
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Leaked documents in Myanmar reveal global business ties to military crimes
An Amnesty International investigation has exposed how international businesses are linked to the financing of Myanmar’s military, including many units directly responsible for crimes under international law and other human rights…
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Urgent Action Victory! Pro-Democracy Activist Released (Guinea: UA 64.20)
Oumar Sylla (alias Foniké Mengué), who was in charge of the mobilization efforts of the opposition coalition group, Front for the Defense of the Constitution, was freed from Conakry prison,…
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Urgent Action Victory! Pro-Democracy Activist Released (Guinea: UA 64.20)
Oumar Sylla (alias Foniké Mengué), who was in charge of the mobilization efforts of the opposition coalition group, Front for the Defense of the Constitution, was freed from Conakry prison,…
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Urgent Action Victory! Hospital Workers Have Been Paid (Guatemala: UA 95.20)
As of the beginning of August, payment was given to all 46 workers who had been fired from the Industrial Park Temporary Hospital in Guatemala City in June. They all…
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Urgent Action Victory! Hospital Workers Have Been Paid (Guatemala: UA 95.20)
As of the beginning of August, payment was given to all 46 workers who had been fired from the Industrial Park Temporary Hospital in Guatemala City in June. They all…
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Urgent Action Update: Afro-Indigenous Activists Still Disappeared (Honduras: UA 123.20)
Five individuals wearing Police Investigations Directorate (DPI) vests took four Garífuna activists – Alberth Centeno Tomas, President of the Board of Triunfo de la Cruz on behalf of the Black…
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Amnesty International USA Memo to Congress on Foreign Policy Human Rights Priorities For Next Congress
August 24, 2020 Dear Representative: On behalf of Amnesty International USA, I am writing to share our top foreign policy and human rights policy recommendations. The list of issues…
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Urgent Action: Human Rights Activist Detained for a Third Time (Egypt: UA 139.20)
On 23 June 2020, the Egyptian security forces arrested human rights activist Sanaa Seif from outside the Public Prosecutor’s office in New Cairo, where she was waiting to file a…