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Urgent Action Victory! Court Blocks Execution, Decision Awaited (USA: UA 216.17)
The US Supreme Court prevented the State of Georgia from executing Keith Tharpe on 26 September, to give the Justices more time to consider the claim that juror racism infected…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Human Rights Lawyer Detained In Dire Conditions (Egypt: UA 210.17)
Ibrahim Metwaly, human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Families of the Disappeared in Egypt group, was detained on 10 September while on his way to Geneva to address the…
Report
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
With the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis developing on its doorstep, Thailand must take concrete action to reverse its long-standing failure to offer protection to those most in need, Amnesty…
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Press Release
Myanmar: UN Security Council must impose arms embargo
The UN Security Council must do everything it can to end the crimes against humanity and ongoing ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya civilian population in Myanmar, including by imposing a…
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Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Right to drive is a long overdue step forward for women
Responding to the Saudi Arabian government’s announcement that women will be allowed to drive, Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said:Â
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Embassy Must Urgently Issue Diversity Visas (USA: UA 221.17)
Yemenis who left everything behind to come to the US have been stuck in Malaysia for months because of the discriminatory Muslim and Refugee Travel Ban.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Pakistani Journalist Attacked While Driving Home (Pakistan: UA 220.17)
Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan was driving home with his two children on 24 September when he was attacked by two men on a motorbike, who threw a brick-sized piece of…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Dr. Mudawi Unconditionally Released (Sudan: UA 26.17)
Sudanese human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was released on 29 August after the Sudan government dropped all charges against him. Dr Mudawi was arrested on 7 December 2016…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Victim Of Acid Attack Faces Defamation (Indonesia: UA 217.17)
Novel Baswedan, a human rights defender and prominent investigator for the independent Corruption Eradication Commission, is facing criminal defamation proceedings for an email he wrote as a union representative. These…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Dr. Mudawi Unconditionally Released (Sudan: UA 26.17)
Sudanese human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was released on 29 August after the Sudan government dropped all charges against him. Dr Mudawi was arrested on 7 December 2016…
Press Release
Muslim Ban Revision Risks More Suffering
Following a revision of President Trump’s travel ban to now include restrictions on travelers from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, Naureen Shah, senior campaigns director…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Activists Risk Prison After Peaceful Protest (Democratic Republic of Congo: UA 218.17)
Share: On This Page Congolese pro-democracy activists Jean Mulenda, Patrick Mbuya, Jean-Pierre Tshibitshabu and Eric Omari were sentenced to eight months in prison on 30 August. They have appealed the…