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Jul 27 2023 8:08am
Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defender Sentenced To 7 Years
Nasta (Anastasia) Loika was sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony for...
Jul 26 2023 3:20pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Activist Released After 18 Months Of Detention
On 23 June- after 18 months in detention in connection to his peaceful...
Jul 4 2023 4:47pm
Chechnya, Russia: 'vicious' attack on Elena Milashina and Aleksandr Nemov must be investigated
Reporter and lawyer dragged out of taxi and beaten by masked assailant...
Jun 6 2023 3:42pm
Turkey: 'Politically motivated' convictions of four human rights defenders quashed
After six years Amnesty Turkey’s founding members, Taner Kılıç and Idi...
May 23 2023 2:20pm
Vietnam: Authorities must drop charges against satirist for ‘Salt Bae’ video
Bui Tuan Lam, whose trial starts tomorrow, faces 12 years in jail if c...
Mar 29 2023 1:27pm
Tech: Amnesty uncovers new spyware attacks targeting Google Android
In December, Amnesty alerted Google’s Threat Analysis Group to counter...
Mar 3 2023 4:33pm
Belarus: Jailing of three human rights defenders is 'blatant retaliation' for their work
Three key figures from leading human rights group Viasna jailed for be...
Feb 17 2023 4:57pm
Russia: jailed human rights activist missing for a month
Andrei Pivovarov, former head of Open Russia group, ‘disappeared’ in R...
Jan 3 2023 12:07pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Veteran Radio Host Released From Prison
Veteran internet radio host “Giggs” Edmund Wan, who was sentenced to 3...
Dec 1 2022 8:03pm
Israel/OPT: Deporting human rights defender Salah Hammouri would ‘constitute a war crime’
Crime of apartheid needs to be included in ICC investigation into Pale...