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Feb 17 2020 11:41am
Turkey: Former Amnesty heads among 11 facing long jail sentences - verdict due
A verdict is expected this week in the case of 11 human rights defende...
Feb 13 2020 5:04pm
Chad: Human rights defender held incommunicado
President of the Chadian Human Rights Organization (OTDH), Baradine Be...
Feb 13 2020 12:03pm
We're frightened for friends & colleagues in Turkey
After more than two years of unfair hearings, 11 activists arreste...
Feb 10 2020 4:58pm
Brazil: Killing of Marielle Franco murder suspect 'raises more questions than answers'
Adriano da Nóbrega killed by police officers in Northern Brazil on Sun...
Feb 7 2020 5:41pm
On the Human Rights Frontline
On The Human Rights Frontline ‘I feel really threatened and every...
Feb 4 2020 12:36pm
Keira Knightley joins UK-wide call to celebrate local human rights defenders
Keira Knightley calls on the UK public to nominate changemakers for fi...
Jan 31 2020 6:02pm
Second update: Activist still held in detention
Guy Marius Sagna is still detained in Camp Penal prison in Dakar, Sene...
Jan 28 2020 12:18pm
Let's celebrate the Brave in 2020
By Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty UK Last year was a hard year...
Jan 21 2020 3:23pm
First update: Activists released on bail still face charges
Babacar Diop, Malick Diallo Biaye, Mamadou Diallo, Souleymane Diockou ...
Jan 21 2020 10:45am
Tanzania: human rights lawyer detained in 'outrageous' attempt to silence government critics
Tito Elia Magoti and co-accused Theodory Giyani charged with leading o...