Urgent Action update: 38 years and 148 lashes for women’s rights defender
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes after two unfair trials.
Urgent Action: Activist and opposition members charged with treason
Activist Rashid Mahiya and Members of Parliament with the opposition, Joanna Mamombe and Charlton Hwende were arrested.
Urgent Action: Human rights defender allegedly tortured
Human rights defender Joaquín Elo Ayeto was arrested on 25 February at his house in Malabo.
Think Twice Report
Amnesty has written to all companies in the FTSE 250 spelling out dangers
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience suffers behind bars
Prisoner of conscience Huỳnh Trương Ca is being held in conditions of detention that further violate his rights.
Urgent Action: Turkey must release civil society figures
Osman Kavala, Yiğit Aksakoğlu and 14 other prominent civil society figures are facing life in prison.
Urgent Action: Tortured conservationists face death penalty
Eight detained conservationists could face the death penalty or long prison sentences, following a grossly unfair trial.
Urgent Action: Indigenous community attacked by armed men
The Ysati Indigenous community in the district of Itakyry had their crops and six houses burned down.
Youth Group Action - March 2019
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