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Saudi Arabia: International community cannot afford to remain silent about detained women’s rights activists
The international community and allies of the Saudi Arabian government must speak up to help secure the immediate and unconditional release of the women’s rights defenders currently detained in Saudi…
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Amnesty International Calls on US to Investigate All Claims of Civilian Casualties
Responding to the Pentagon’s report on US civilian casualties to Congress, Daphne Eviatar, Director of Security with Human Rights at Amnesty International USA stated: “The Defense Department has deemed that…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Far-Right Protesters Attack Festival Organizers (Ukraine: UA 99.18)
Share: On This Page We have received updated information regarding this case and require no further action from the Urgent Action Network. Thank you to all those who sent appeals.…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Prisoner of Conscience Released (Uzbekistan: UA 232.17)
On 7 May, a court issued Uzbekistani journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev with a non-custodial sentence. He was able to walk out of the court room to be reunited with his family,…
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Urgent Action: Detained Rapper Accused Of Promoting Drugs (Turkey: UA 107.18)
Rapper, Ezhel, was remanded on pre-trial detention on 23 May accused of ‘publicly promoting drug use’ in his lyrics, music videos and social media posts. He faces up to 10…
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Landmark rulings expose Romanian and Lithuanian complicity in CIA secret detention program
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Romania and Lithuania violated the human rights of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, also known as Abu Zubaydah,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: 30 June Set as Date of Verdict for Shawkan (Egypt: UA 243.14)
The Cairo Criminal Court has set 30 June as the date for issuing the verdict in the Rabaa Dispersal case against journalist and prisoner of conscience Mahmoud Abu Zeid “Shawkan”…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: 61 People Remain Homeless After Forced Eviction (Swaziland: UA 71.18)
Four families, consisting of 61 people including 33 children, remain homeless after they were forcibly evicted and had their homes demolished in the Emphetseni farming area, Malkerns on 9 April.…
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Urgent Action Update: Tibetan Activist Sentenced to Five Years in Jail (China: UA 79.16)
We have received updated information regarding this case and require no further action from the Urgent Action Network. Thank you to all those who sent appeals. For more information about…
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Urgent Action Update: Activist Trying to Seek Medical Care Detained (China: UA 202.16)
Xing Wangli was taken away by local government personnel in Beijing, where he had travelled to seek medical care and legal assistance for filing a lawsuit against local officials regarding…
Report
Shoot to kill: Nicaragua’s strategy to suppress protest
Nicaraguan authorities have adopted a strategy of repression, characterized by the excessive use of force, extrajudicial executions, control of the media, and the use of pro-government armed groups, to crush…
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Amnesty International documents armed attack on students in Nicaragua
Students from the National University of Engineering who were defending their campus in Managua, Nicaragua, were attacked with firearms today, confirmed Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, in a live…
