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Egypt: release of jailed human rights lawyer is 'rare moment of justice'

Lawyer Mahienour el-Massry is one of numerous human rights defenders under attack from the Egyptian authorities ‘Rare moments of justice like this offer a glimmer of hope to the thousands of other...

Yemen: release of well-known blogger Hisham al-Omeisy welcomed

Call on Huthi authorities to release other prisoners of conscience ‘Since 2016, Yemen has witnessed a surge in arbitrary arrests, detentions and enforced disappearances by Huthi forces’ - Samah Hadid...

Bangladesh: Returning Rohingya to Myanmar 'alarmingly premature'

Responding to an announcement by the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry today that it intends to repatriate all Rohingya refugees within two years, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for...

Israel should release 16-year-old Palestinian activist, Ahed Tamimi

Ahed, who is due in court today, faces possible ten-year jail sentence ‘The footage of this incident shows that she posed no actual threat and that her punishment is blatantly disproportionate’ -...

Sentenced journalist latest victim of Azerbaijan’s ‘repressive apparatus of fear’

Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli was sentenced to six years in prison today, following his arrest on trumped-up charges in Azerbaijan. Mukhtarli fled from Azerbaijan to Georgia in 2014 following fear of...

Tunisia: security forces must not 'inflame' tense situation as country prepares for more anti-austerity rallies

Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty that protester Khomsi el-Yerfeni, who died during Monday’s protest, was run over twice by a police car 'Unrest on Tunisia’s streets must not give the police a green...

USA: renewed call for closure of 'cruel and degrading' Guantánamo on 16-year anniversary

41 detainees still at camp, including Toffiq al-Bihani, a Yemeni man held without charge or trial since early 2003 ‘This abominable detention facility must be shut down once and for all’ - Erika...

Myanmar army's admission over killings is 'only the tip of the iceberg'

Fresh call for UN Fact-Finding Mission to be given access to country ‘Such behaviour shows a contempt for human life which is simply beyond comprehension’ - James Gomez Following today’s admission by...

Iran: removal of death penalty for some drugs offences welcomed

‘If implemented properly, this long-overdue reform will spare hundreds from the gallows’ - Magdalena Mughrabi Responding to news that Iran will implement amended drugs laws and remove capital...

Pakistan: Attack on journalist Taha Siddiqui this morning must be investigated

The attacks on Taha Siddiqui and other Pakistani journalists must be immediately and effectively investigated by the authorities, Amnesty International said today. Taha Siddiqui was driving to...