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Urgent Action Update: 30 Opposition Figures Sentenced to Death (Yemen: UA 51.19)
On 9 July 2019, the Huthi-run Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) of Sana’a sentenced to death 30 academics and political figures based on trumped-up charges, including espionage for the Saudi Arabia-led…
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New Asylum Rule Could Leave Families and Individuals Vulnerable to Grave Harm
The US government published a new interim rule that would prevent anyone at the US southern border who has traveled through another country on the way to the United States…
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10 Years Since the Killing of Chechen Human Rights Defender Natalia Estemirova, No Justice in Sight
On the tenth anniversary of the murder of prominent Chechen human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, Amnesty International and 12 international and Russian human rights groups are calling on the Russian…
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Urgent Action Update: Uyghur Activist’s 30 Relatives Still Detained (China: UA 251.17)
Up to 30 relatives of Uyghur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer, who currently lives in the United States, have been detained for nearly two years in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
Press Release
Criminalization of Sex Between Men in Military in South Korea Fuels Violence, Abuse and Discrimination
Gay and trans soldiers in South Korea face violence, harassment and pervasive discrimination due to the criminalization of consensual sex between men in the military, Amnesty International said as it…
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ICE Raids Encourage Hate and Discrimination Toward Immigrants and Communities of Color
Responding to the announcement of thousands of raids planned for Sunday by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Charanya Krishnaswami, the Advocacy Director for the Americas at Amnesty International USA…
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Scars of Survival: Gun Violence and Barriers to Reparation in the USA
Survivors of gun violence in the USA suffer years of trauma and pain due to a destructive combination of government policies which ignore their needs, Amnesty International said today as…
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Urgent Action Update: Arbitrarily Detained Couple Remains Held (Egypt: UA 206.17)
On 3 July 2019, a judge ordered the release of Ola al-Qaradawi after over two years of arbitrary solitary confinement over unfounded charges. However, the Egyptian authorities decided to imprison…
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Urgent Action Update: Emirati Authorities Unlawfully Deport Pakistani National (United Arab Emirates: UA 22.19)
On 22 June 2019, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) forcibly returned Rashid Hussain Brohi to Pakistan. Emirati security forces had taken him into custody on 27 October 2019 without an…
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Urgent Action Update: Roma Still Homeless After Forced Eviction (Italy: UA 68.19)
Around 500 Roma people, including around 150 children, pregnant women and older people, were left homeless after being forcibly evicted by authorities from their settlement in the municipality of Giugliano…
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Urgent Action: Security Agent Ill-Treated in Detention (South Sudan: UA 100.19)
Ding Ding Mou, a South Sudanese security agent, is detained at the Riverside detention center – notorious for its extremely poor conditions and incidents of torture and other forms of…
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Urgent Action: Detained Youth Activist Denied Family Visits (South Sudan: UA 99.19)
Michael Wetnhialic, a South Sudanese youth activist in his 30s, is arbitrarily detained at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters, known as ‘Blue House’, without access to his family and…