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URGENT ACTION: BAHRAINI PRISONER STILL ON FASTING PROTEST (Bahrain 100.22)
Share: On This Page Bahraini-Danish human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja reinstated his fasting protest on September 21, 2023, after prison authorities reneged on their promises including…
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Lebanon: Evidence of Israel’s unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities escalate
The Israeli army fired artillery shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, in military operations along Lebanon’s southern border between 10 and 16 October 2023, Amnesty International said today. One…
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11 BAHA’IS DISAPPEARED FOR MORE THAN 100 DAYS (YEMEN 60.23)
On May 25, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen. They detained and forcibly disappeared 17 individuals including five women and human rights and humanitarian…
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URGENT ACTION: END PROTEST BAN ON GALATASARAY SQUARE (TURKEY 101.23)
Saturday Mothers/People, a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances and other human rights defenders are prevented from exercising their right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Istanbul’s Galatasaray…
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URGENT ACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER EXTRADITED AND DETAINED (CHINA 102.23)
Lu Siwei, a renowned Chinese human rights lawyer, is being held in the Xindu Detention Centre in Sichuan province, southwestern China, after he was forcibly returned to China from Laos.…
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ISRAEL/OPT: Amnesty International reaction to Gaza communications black-out and US vote against the UN General Assembly resolution on humanitarian truce in the OPT and Israel
Civilians in Gaza are at unprecedented risk as Israel imposes communication black-out during bombardment and expanding ground attacks, according to Amnesty International. In response to the black-out, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Senior…
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URGENT ACTION: RESCIND EVACUATION ORDER AGAINST GAZA HOSPITALS (IOPT: 100.23)
On October 13, 23 hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip and Gaza City received forced evacuation orders from the Israeli army. Since then, hospitals continue to receive phone…
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Israel/OPT: Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end unprecedented civilian suffering
Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives and to…
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2023 Virtual Activism Conference
Hai, Amnesty International USA is excited to be hosting the 2023 Virtual Activism Conference!!!! Continuing our AGM theme of Welcome Home Activists, the Virtual Activism Conference is an online conference…
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Israel/OPT: Israeli Army Threats Ordering Residents of Northern Gaza to Leave May Amount to War Crimes
On October 21, 2023, the Israeli army dropped leaflets on northern Gaza, ordering residents' immediate “evacuation”. The leaflets warned residents to leave immediately, declaring their lives at risk and explicitly…
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Urgent Action: CHILEAN PROSECUTOR MUST ACT AGAINST IMPUNITY (CHILE: 91.23)
Starting on October 18, 2019, the period of social unrest in Chile left hundreds of victims of police violence. Four years on, no police commanders have been held accountable for…
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URGENT ACTION: REPEAL AHA 2023 AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY (UGANDA: 48.23)
On May 26, the Ugandan President assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023. The Act criminalizes same-sex conduct between consenting adults and has retained the death penalty in cases of “aggravated…