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Urgent Action: Human rights defender threatened in Venezuela

Venezuelan human rights defender Humberto Prado Sifontes has been threatened for his work examining prisons. Humberto, his family and his colleagues from the NGO Venezuelan Prison Observatory (Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones) are at risk.

UA 104/16 issued 06/05/2016

Urgent Action: Activist forcibly detained in psychiatric hospital in Russia

Activist Dmitry Vorobyovsky was forcibly taken from his home to the Voronezh Regional Neurological Dispensary on the evening of 6 May.

UA 109/16 issued on 09/05/2016

Urgent Action update: Persons with Albinism at risk of further attacks in Malawi

A teenage boy with albinism from Malawi who went missing on 24 April has been found dead in Mozambique with his hands and feet chopped off.

3rd update on UA 51/16 issued 04/05/2016

Urgent Action update: Persons with Albinism at risk of further attacks in Malawi

A teenage boy with albinism from Malawi who went missing on 24 April has been found dead in Mozambique with his hands and feet chopped off. Thousands of people with albinism live in constant fear of being abducted or killed in Malawi, where their body parts are being sold for use in ritual purposes.

3rd update on UA 51/16 issued 04/05/2016

Urgent Action update: Persons with Albinism at risk of further attacks in Malawi

A teenage boy with albinism from Malawi who went missing on 24 April has been found dead in Mozambique with his hands and feet chopped off. Thousands of people with albinism live in constant fear of being abducted or killed in Malawi, where their body parts are being sold for use in ritual purposes.

3rd update on UA FI05116 issued 05/05/2016

Urgent Action good news: Grand prix protester released after pardon in Bahrain

Rayhana al-Mousawi, one of two women protesters at the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, has been released as part of a royal pardon on 20 April.

4th update on UA 232/13 issued on 04/05/2016

Amnesty Activist Campaign Updates - May 2016

Amnesty Activist Campaign Updates - May 2016

Using virtual reality headsets and 360 Syria at summer festivals

How to use virtual reality headset to showcase 360° images of Syria at festivals this summer

Refugee Week: 20-26 June 2016

Infomation on Refugee Week 2016