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Iran: Writer facing imminent imprisonment for story about stoning
Iranian authorities must immediately repeal the conviction and sentence of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, a writer and human rights activist who is due to begin serving six years in prison on…
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Turkey Could Be Taking A Big Step Backwards In Human Rights
[caption id="attachment_72981" align="alignleft" width="1100"] AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris[/caption] Please note this article first appeared on Time.com here. By Katy Pownall, News Writer at Amnesty International It’s rush hour on Istanbul’s Bosphorus Bridge. Queues of…
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10 Killings: The Tragic Story of the Barrios Family in Venezuela
[caption id="attachment_72941" align="alignleft" width="1000"] LEO RAMIREZ/AFP/Getty Image[/caption] By Alex Roche, writer and campaigner Imagine that one day your brother is at home with his two sons. Police enter his house,…
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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. The Omani authorities have yet to give…
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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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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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Sole witness to Berta Cáceres murder: “It was clear she was going to get killed”
The armed men who burst into the house of Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres on 3 March had a simple plan: find her, kill her, and leave.
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Musician Angélique Kidjo and African youth activists honored with Amnesty International award
World-renowned musician Angélique Kidjo and three inspirational African youth activist movements have been declared this year’s joint winners of the prestigious Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2016, the organization said…
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Journalism Is Not a Crime
Journalism is not a crime, yet the principles of free speech and a free press are threatened right across the world. To mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May,…
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World Press Freedom Day: Journalists under attack just for doing their job
On World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Amnesty International is shining a light on nine cases of journalists from across the globe who have been harassed, threatened, locked up…
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Making for a Just World
In Canvases of Courage, a documentary about artists working to advance global human rights, Jérôme Lagarrigue 96 IL (above) speaks about how his own experience surviving a hate crime in…
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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. For the full Urgent Action please click on PDF version…