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Urgent Action VICTORY: Release Palestinian Human Rights Defender (IOPT 2.24)
NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUESTED. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT APPEALS. On December 18, 2023, Munther Amira, 53, was arrested from his home in the Aida refugee camp in…
Press Release
Secretary Blinken Urged to Center Human Rights on Nigeria Trip
Secretary Blinken’s trip to Nigeria will only be successful if human rights are front and center.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: RELEASE PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER (IOPT 2.24)Â
Share: On This Page Munther Amira, Palestinian human rights defender and social worker, has been arbitrarily detained by Israeli forces since December 18, 2023. On January 11, 2024, an Israeli…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: TWO YOUNG MEN AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION (Saudi Arabia 103.23)
Abdullah al-Derazi and Jalal Labbad are at risk of imminent execution after Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court secretly upheld their death sentences in secret, without notifying their families or lawyers. Both…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: JAILED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE’S HEALTH AT RISK (Iran 105.15)
Iranian authorities have been subjecting arbitrarily detained human rights defender and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi to torture and other ill treatment by deliberately denying or severely delaying…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: JOURNALIST’S SENTENCE CONFIRMED ON APPEAL (Algeria 37.23)
On October 12, 2023, the Algerian Supreme Court rejected two appeals made by Ihsane El Kadi’s lawyers, effectively upholding his seven-year sentence, which includes five years in prison and two…
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Urgent Action: FOUR KURDISH MEN AT GRAVE RISK OF EXECUTION (Iran 19.22)
Anwar Khezri, Farhad Salimi, Kamran Sheikheh and Khosrow Basharat, all from Iran’s Kurdish Sunni minority, are at grave risk of execution in Ghezel Hesar prison, Alborz province, amid an ongoing…
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Technology and Inequality
New technologies have revolutionized the way people work, learn, and communicate around the world. But without robust regulations, digital technologies could amplify underlying social, racial, and economic inequalities.
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Urges Senators to Pass Resolution 504
Amnesty International USA urges Senators to vote in favor of Senate Res.504 introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders under Section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: POLITICIAN’S SON UNJUSTLY JAILED FOR A DECADE (Egypt 29.23)
Anas al-Beltagy has been arbitrarily detained for over a decade solely due to his family affiliation. Since his arrest in December 2013, the Egyptian authorities have subjected him to a…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: VENEZUELAN DETAINEES NEED IMMEDIATE CARE (Venezuela 96.23)
On December 20, 2023, Guillermo Zárraga was conditionally released after over three years of arbitrary detention in Venezuela. Three other victims of arbitrary detention continue suffering the authorities’ neglect of…
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ICJ Hearings Over Israel’s Alleged Breaches of the Genocide Convention a Vital Step to Help Protect Palestinian Civilians
The International Court of Justice proceedings on a South Africa legal case alleging that the state of Israel is breaching its obligations under the UN Genocide Convention could help protect…
