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Urgent Action Victory! Palestinian Journalist To Be Released In April (Israel/OPT: UA 48/17)
Palestinian journalist Muhammed al-Qiq suspended his hunger strike on 10 March 2017 after he learned that the Israeli authorities were not renewing his administrative detention order. He is expected to…
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President Trump’s Proposed Budget is a Minefield for Human Rights
In response to President Trump’s proposed federal budget, Amnesty International USA’s executive director, Margaret Huang, released the following statement:
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Urgent Action Update: Trial Ongoing Against Indigenous Defenders (Argentina: UA 58/17)
Despite the fact that the oral trial scheduled for 20 March against three members of the Chañaral Wichà Indigenous community for defending their territory was suspended, the legal proceedings which…
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Urgent Action Victory! Former Governor Released Without Charge (South Sudan: UA 224/16)
Elias Waya Nyipuoch, former governor of Wau state, was released without charge on 14 March. He had been detained by the South Sudanese military since 26 June 2016.
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Saudi Arms Deal Would Fan Flames of Conflict
Amnesty International this week urged President Trump not to approve impending arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The deals would arm members of a military coalition that has attacked…
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Amnesty International Marks Sixth Anniversary of Syrian War
As war crimes and crimes against humanity continue to go unpunished in Syria, an Amnesty International campaign marking the sixth anniversary of the crisis calls on world leaders to take…
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Urgent Action: Virginia Execution Reset As Doubts Persist (USA: UA 55/17)
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 25 April. He maintains his innocence of the 2001 murder for which he was sent to death…
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Urgent Action Victory! Detained Journalist Released On Bail (India: UA 224/15)
Santosh Yadav was released from prison on 9 March 2017, over a week after the Supreme Court of India granted him bail. Detained since September 2015, it is believed that…
Press Release
Malawi: Step up action to end ritual murders of people with albinism
The Malawian authorities must step up action to protect people with albinism who are being targeted for ritual murders, Amnesty International said today, following another attack in the country’s capital…
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Urgent Action Victory! Three Human Rights Defenders Freed (Sudan: UA 128/16)
Three human rights defenders Khalafalla A. Mukhtar, Midhat A. Hamdan and Mustafa Adam have been released after being sentenced to time served by a court in Khartoum, Sudan. The three,…
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Urgent Action: Over 300 Displaced Due To Paramilitary Incursion (Colombia: UA 56/17)
An incursion by paramilitaries and subsequent armed confrontation between them and guerrilla groups forced a mass displacement of families and the potential confinement of surrounding communities in Peña Azul, Chocó…
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Urgent Action Victory! Detainee No Longer Held Incommunicado (Venezuela: UA 33/17)
Retired general Raúl IsaÃas Baduel, who has been detained in the Venezuelan military prison Ramo Verde since 12 January, has finally been allowed to meet with his lawyer and his…