Filter by
Showing 4153-4164 of 11268 Results
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Activist Dr. Ali Esa Mansoor Al-Ekri Released (Bahrain: UA 296.11)
Dr. Ali Esa Mansoor al-Ekri, a Bahraini consultant surgeon and activist, has been released after completing his five-year prison sentence. He was a prisoner of conscience.
Press Release
Amnesty International USA: President Trump Must Emphasize Human Rights at Meeting with Egyptian President Sisi
In response to news reports on Egyptian President Sisi’s visit to Washington next week, Sunjeev Bery, Advocacy Director at Amnesty International USA, had the following reaction...
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes UN Ambassador Haley’s Promises to Prioritize Human Rights
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that human rights should be an integral part of the UN Security Council’s mission when the United States assumes the presidency…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Fifth And Final Activist In Abdeen Case Released (Egypt: UA 294/15)
Gamila Seryel-Dain, the last jailed activist from the group of five activists sentenced in the ‘Abdeen case’ to two years in prison for violating Egypt’s repressive 2013 protest law, was…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Fair Trial Concern Revisited As Execution Looms (USA: UA 67/17)
Stacey Johnson, aged 47, is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 20 April for a 1993 murder. Three state Supreme Court Justices argued that he was deprived of a…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Bipolar Disorder Not Raised at Trial, Execution Set (USA: UA 68/17)
Jack Jones, aged 52, is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 24 April for a murder committed in 1995. The jurors who sentenced him to death did not know…
Press Release
Russia: Navalny jailed and hundreds arrested in violent clampdown
Russian opposition leader, Aleksei Navalny, and all the peaceful protesters detained after the mass demonstrations across Russia on Sunday, must be immediately released, said Amnesty International, after he was today…
Press Release
Iraq: Civilians killed by airstrikes in their homes after they were told not to flee Mosul
Hundreds of civilians have been killed by airstrikes inside their homes or in places where they sought refuge after following Iraqi government advice not to leave during the offensive to…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Execution Set Despite Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia (USA: UA 66/17)
Bruce Ward is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 17 April. He has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. In custody since 1989, he has been on death row for…
Update
Crimea: In the International Blind Spot
[caption id="attachment_74207" align="aligncenter" width="854"] Russian security forces attempt to block the way of Crimean Tatars crossing a checkpoint in May 2014. REUTERS/STRINGER[/caption] By Viachaslau “Slava” Bortnik Amnesty International recently…
Press Release
Mexico: “Open season” on journalists as third reporter killed in a month
The killing of the third journalist in a month in Mexico raises new alarms about the state of free expression in the country, said Amnesty International.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Paramilitary Invasion Of Humanitarian Zones (Colombia: UA 62/17)
Inhabitants of the Jiguamiandó river basin have reported the presence of paramilitary groups in their territory. The increase in paramilitary activity in these humanitarian zones is putting the Indigenous and…