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Good News! – Oman: Sulaiman Al-Ma’mari Released (UA 107/16)
Omani writer, journalist and human rights activist Sulaiman al-Ma’mari was released without charge on 19 May, following 22 days detained in solitary confinement.
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Indonesia: Halt Executions (UA 110/16)
Three death row prisoners were moved on 8 May to Indonesia’s Nusakambangan prison island, where 13 executions were carried out in 2015.
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If you see it, you will cry: Life and death in Giwa barracks
Eleven children under the age of six, including four babies, are among 149 people who have died this year following their detention in horrendous conditions in the notorious Giwa barracks…
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Babies and children dying in military detention in Nigeria
Eleven children under the age of six, including four babies, are among 149 people who have died this year following their detention in horrendous conditions in the notorious Giwa barracks…
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Nizami execution in Bangladesh will not deliver justice
The execution of Motiur Rahman Nizami today is a deplorable move by the Bangladeshi authorities which will not deliver justice to the victims of war crimes, Amnesty International said today.…
Update
It is Time for Leonard Peltier to be Freed
This weekend I made the 850 mile trip from the Nation’s Capitol to the sprawling Coleman Federal Correction Complex in Wildwood Florida to visit a man who has been in…
Victory
Good News! Oman: Abdullah Habib Released (UA 92/16)
Omani poet, writer, film critic and human rights defender, Abdullah Habib was released without charge on 4 May.
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Venezuela: Protect Humberto Prado Sifontes (UA 104/16)
Venezuelan human rights defender Humberto Prado Sifontes has been threatened for his work examining prisons.
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Russian Federation: Release Dmitry Vorobyovsky (UA 109/16)
Activist Dmitry Vorobyovsky was forcibly taken from his home to the Voronezh Regional Neurological Dispensary on the evening of 6 May. Once there he underwent involuntary psychiatric treatment.
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Mexican indigenous environmental activist named prisoner of conscience
A Mexican man unfairly imprisoned in what appears to be a punishment for his peaceful activism against illegal logging must be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said as it…
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Trial of former first lady Simone Gbagbo opens in Côte d’Ivoire
While today’s trial of former first lady Simone Gbagbo is an important step towards ending impunity in Côte d’Ivoire, Amnesty International maintains that the Ivorian authorities should reconsider their refusal…
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The death penalty will not deliver security in Afghanistan
The death penalty will deliver neither the justice that victims deserve nor the security that Afghanistan seeks, Amnesty International said today.