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Bangladesh: Release photographer and end violent crackdown on student protests
The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam, a well-known photographer and activist, who was detained by plainclothes policemen on 5 August 2018 after giving an interview to…
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Urgent Action: Indigenous Activist Slandered and Stigmatized (Venezuela: UA 144.18)
Military official accuses Venezuelan Indigenous environmental rights defender Lisa Henrito of “treason” - on national television - due to her activism in the defence of the Pemón Indigenous People's traditional…
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Saudi Arabia: International community must speak up for human rights defenders after Canadian ambassador expelled
The international community must speak up for detained human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said today, after the Canadian ambassador to the country was expelled after calling for…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Threats Against Indigenous Rights Defenders (Malaysia: UA 22.17)
Indigenous human rights defenders face sustained intimidation and threats of physical violence in light of their continuing efforts to protect their land. Incidents of harassment by a private company developing…
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Amnesty International denied access to Oleg Sentsov, on hunger strike for 81 days
Reacting to the Russian authorities’ refusal to grant Amnesty International access to Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, currently 81 days into a hunger strike in a penal colony in the Russian…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Activist Sentenced to One Year, Others Released (Niger: UA 30.18)
Three activists, Moussa Tchangari, Ali Idrissa and Nouhou Arzika were released on 24 July after being handed a three-month suspended sentence. A fourth activist, Lirwana Abdourahmane, was sentenced to one…
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Syria: Turkey must stop serious violations by allied groups and its own forces in Afrin
Turkish forces are giving Syrian armed groups free rein to commit serious human rights abuses against civilians in the northern city of Afrin, Amnesty International said today, following an in-depth…
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Zimbabwe: Investigate the army’s conduct in post-election killings
Authorities must launch a prompt and effective investigation into the army’s killing of three protesters and injury of scores others following post elections violence, Amnesty International said today.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Women Human Rights Defender Killed (Guatemala: UA 97.18)
Human rights defender Juana Raymundo went missing on the night of 27 July in the Quiché department in northwest Guatemala and her dead body was discovered the next day. She…
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Malaysia: Acquittal of Zunar and others must lead to repeal of draconian sedition law
Responding to news that the Malaysian authorities have acquitted and dropped all sedition charges against political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar "Zunar" Ulhaque, lawmaker R. Sivarasa and civil rights lawyer N. Surendran,…
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Amnesty International staff targeted with malicious spyware
An Amnesty International staff member has been targeted by a sophisticated surveillance campaign, in what the organization suspects was a deliberate attempt to spy on its staff by a government…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Prisoner Must Remain Hospitalized Post-Surgery (Russian Federation: UA 138.18)
24-year old detainee Ibragim Yangulbaev is gravely ill and was being denied essential post-surgery health care in pre-trial detention until 28 July when he was hospitalised. He must be allowed…