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Jun 29 2020 11:36am
China: Female activist released after incommunicado detention
Li Qiaochu, an active defender of the rights of women and workers, has...
Jun 25 2020 3:21pm
“If they can kill Berta Cáceres, they can kill anyone”
Written by Sheila Royce - Country Coordinator Berta Cáceres, tenaci...
Jun 23 2020 8:41pm
Egypt: Human rights activist arrested outside public prosecutor's office
Egyptian human rights activist Sanaa Seif was detained today outside t...
Jun 10 2020 10:54am
France: Prosecution of police officer who assaulted British volunteer helping refugees in Calais welcomed
Tom Ciotkowski pushed violently by police after recording a French pol...
May 28 2020 5:14pm
Israel/OPT: challenge to travel ban on Amnesty campaigner to be heard by court
On Sunday, Jerusalem court to consider travel ban on Laith Abu Zeyad l...
May 18 2020 3:54pm
Real Lives
Letter-writing changes lives. A letter from you could help free a pris...
May 14 2020 6:59pm
Zimbabwe: Authorities must account for disappearance of three opposition leaders after COVID-19 protest
Three leaders from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change – All...
May 14 2020 2:30pm
Saudi Arabia: 'heartbreaking' two-year anniversary of jailed women's rights activists
Right-to-drive campaigner Loujain Al-Hathloul and four other activists...
May 7 2020 12:33pm
Outcome: Women human rights defenders remain on trial
Eight of the eleven activists have been temporarily released but remai...
Apr 8 2020 4:21pm
16 activists released; 61 people remain in prison
Activists known as “Aguadores” were released on 30 December but still ...