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Who will pick up the torch: Youth Activism and Technology amid the Trump Era
We are proud to showcase an exciting opportunity to hear about our work in advancing human rights using technology. One of our featured speakers will be Azmina Dhrodia, our Technology…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Azeri Activist Conscripted Despite Ill-Health (Azerbaijan: UA 25.18)
Azeri activist Ulvi Hasanli has been conscripted for military service, despite being in ill-health, and sent to the zone of the unresolved conflict around Nagorno-Karabakh. Following a medical examination in…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: 21-Year Old Man Arrested at 16 at Risk of Execution (Iran: UA 28.18)
A 21-year old Iranian man Abolfazl Naderi is at risk of execution in Arak’s prison, Markazi province. Abolfazl Naderi was 16 years old at the time of his arrest and…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Threats to Journalist Reporting Disappearances (Mexico: UA 12.18)
On 19 January a television reporter published videos from surveillance cameras that suggest that police from Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, were involved in six of seven cases of disappearances that occurred…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Arbitrary Arrests Following State of Emergency (Maldives: UA 24.18)
Five people have been arrested since the Government of Maldives declared a State of Emergency on 5 February 2018, following a recent Supreme Court decision to release and re-try imprisoned…
Press Release
As U.S. Senate takes up legislation, Amnesty finds fresh evidence of ongoing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
The Myanmar security forces’ devastating campaign against the Rohingya population in northern Rakhine State is far from over, Amnesty International said today, as it published new evidence of ongoing violations…
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Press Release
Syria: Witness testimony reveals details of illegal chemical attack on Saraqeb
The Syrian government’s use of internationally banned chemical weapons was laid bare once again on February 4 when a chlorine gas attack on the town of Saraqeb left 11 people…
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Victory
Urgent Action Victory! – Student in Solitary Confinement Released (Sudan: UA 203.17)
Naser Aldeen Mukhtar Mohamed, the former chairperson of the Darfur Students Association at the Holy Quran University, was released without charge on 28 January. He was arrested on 22 August…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Serious Health Concerns for Detained Politician (Cambodia: UA 278.17)
Kem Sokha, president of the dissolved main opposition party, was denied bail on appeal on 1 February, despite his seriously deteriorating health. Held in isolated pre-trial detention since his arrest…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Student Held in Solitary Confinement Released (Sudan: UA 203.17)
Naser Aldeen Mukhtar Mohamed, the former chairperson of the Darfur Students Association at the Holy Quran University, was released without charge on 28 January. He was arrested on 22 August…
Press Release
South Sudan: US arms embargo should inspire tougher action from UN Security Council
Responding to news that the US government has imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan, now in its fifth year of an armed conflict that has led to widespread abuses…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Trial Of Nubian Activists Adjourned (Egypt: UA 249.17)
On 30 January, the State Security Emergency Court adjourned the trial of 32 Nubian activists to 27 February, where a sentence is expected. If convicted, they could face up to…