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South Sudan: Death sentence for former opposition spokesman 'must be quashed'

Commenting on reports that James Gatdet Dak, the former spokesman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – In Opposition, has been sentenced to death for treason, Sarah Jackson, Amnesty...

Iranian authorities refuse to release academic's body for independent autopsy

Canadian-Iranian environmentalist Kavous Seyed-Emami is just the latest suspicious ‘suicide’ in detention ‘It would have been near impossible for him to commit suicide’ - Magdalena Mughrabi In...

Israeli authorities should release Ahed Tamimi

Tamimi’s trial set to go ahead tomorrow - she faces up to ten years in jail ‘As an unarmed girl, Ahed posed no threat’ - Magdalena Mughrabi The Israeli authorities must immediately release teenage...

Pakistan: Asma Jahangir leaves behind a powerful human rights legacy

Asma Jahangir was a brave champion of human rights who leaves behind a powerful legacy, Amnesty International said today, following the 66-year-old Pakistani lawyer’s sudden death in Lahore on Sunday...

Egypt: fears that leading opposition figure has been 'disappeared' after raid on home

Mohamed al-Kassas hasn’t been seen since security forces raided his home last night ‘We are deeply concerned that Mohamed al-Kassas might have been forcibly disappeared and subjected to torture’ -...

Ethiopia: journalist Eskinder Nega among 746 to be released

He was arrested after writing about the Arab Spring, jailed for 18 years and named a ‘prisoner of conscience’ by Amnesty ‘He should not have spent a single day behind bars’ - Sarah Jackson Commenting...

Philippines: ICC's new investigation into drug killings is 'a crucial moment' for justice

Since Duterte launched a nation-wide ‘war on drugs’, thousands of alleged drug offenders have been killed in a massive wave of extrajudicial executions Responding to today’s news that the prosecutor...

UK: Labour MPs visit Belfast to discuss abortion law reform

Amnesty International and the Family Planning Association will today host a delegation of Labour MPs in Belfast, led by Shadow Secretary of State Owen Smith, as they meet with key individuals and...

Iran: three human rights activists on hunger strike after two transferred to notorious jail

Shahr-e Rey prison is a disused chicken farm with no safe drinking water and a reputation for inmate and staff violence Stoning story writer Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and anti-death penalty campaigner...

Cambodia: Supreme Court upholds 'deeply flawed' conviction against land activist

Reacting to the news that the Cambodian Supreme Court today upheld the conviction and 30-month prison sentence for land rights activist Tep Vanny, Amnesty International's Director for Southeast Asia...