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Urgent Action: BARRISTER CHARGED FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS (Hong Kong: UA 86.21)
Chow Hang-tung, a human rights lawyer and an organizer of the annual Hong Kong vigil commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown, was charged for “advertising or publicizing unauthorized assembly”. The arrest came…
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Urgent Action Update: ACTIVIST’S DETENTION EXTENDED (Russian Federation: UA 34.21)
On June 23, 2021 the Moscow District Court in Nizhnii Novgorod extended Mikhail Iosilevich’s arbitrary detention until August 28, 2021. His trial may start in September. He is accused of…
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Urgent Action: RELEASE ALL PEACEFUL PROTESTORS (Cuba: UA 88.21)
On July 11, 2021, protests took place across Cuba over the economy, lack of medicines, and long-term restrictions on freedom of expression. Potentially hundreds of protestors are in prison and…
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Urgent Action: TWO YOUTHS ARRESTED AT 17 FACE EXECUTION (Iran: UA 83.21)
Iranian young man Hossein Shahbazi is facing imminent execution for a crime that took place when he was just 17 years old. Despite a global outcry in late June 2021…
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Amnesty International USA Board of Directors urges Congress to pass Break the Cycle of Violence Act (S.2275, H.R.4118)
On July 20, 2021, the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA wrote to congressional leaders to urge them to swiftly pass the Break the Cycle of Violence Act (S.…
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Urgent Action Update: TORTURED PRISONER STILL DENIED MEDICAL CARE (Belarus: UA 173.20)
Viachaslau Rahashchuk is a taxi driver from the Belarusian city of Pinsk who was arbitrarily detained, tortured and later sentenced to six years in prison. He has remained behind bars…
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Urgent Action: DEFENDER BEATEN AND DENIED HEALTH CARE (Iran: UA 84.21)
Azerbaijani Turkic human rights defender Alireza Farshi DizajYekan is arbitrarily detained in Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary for advocating for mother tongue rights, posting online about imprisoned activists and other peaceful…
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Urgent Action: THREE MOLUCCANS ARBITRARILY ARRESTED AND DETAINED (Indonesia: UA 82.21)
Pieter, Alexander and Benjamin, pro-independence political activists from Molucca, have been arbitrarily arrested and charged with treason for their role in keeping a Republic of South Maluku (RMS) flag “Benang…
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Amnesty International Urges President Biden to Raise Human Rights Concerns in Jordan in Meeting with King Abdullah II
On July 19, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to raise key human rights concerns in Jordan regarding refugee rights and discrimination, along with violations…
Press Release
Guantánamo Bay Has Been Allowed to Remain Open Too Long
Responding to the Biden administration transferring its first detainee out of Guantánamo Bay, Daphne Eviatar, the director of the Security With Human Rights program said: “The Biden administration’s first transfer…
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The Pegasus Project: Massive data leak reveals Israeli NSO Group’s spyware used to target activists, journalists, and political leaders globally
NSO Group’s spyware has been used to facilitate human rights violations around the world on a massive scale, according to a major investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers…
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Urgent Action: LECTURER SENTENCED FOR WHATSAPP MESSAGE (Indonesia: UA 76.21)
Saiful Mahdi, a university lecturer at the Syiah Kuala University in Aceh Province, was sentenced for defamation to three months in prison and a fine of Rp 10 million (approximately…