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Urgent Action: ARTIST JAILED FOR CRITICIZING PRESIDENT (Tunisia 27.24)
Share: On This Page On January 31, 2024, the Monastir court of appeals in Tunisia sentenced artist, Rached Tamboura, to two years in prison on bogus charges for the peaceful…
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Global: Dow’s Failure to Offer Remedy for Bhopal Disaster Has Created a “Sacrifice Zone”
This catastrophe remains immediate and urgent for people whose own health is ruined, or whose children were born with disabilities or who are being poisoned now through the contaminated local…
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United for Sudan: Demand Biden Take Action to Protect Civilians in Sudan!
Demand the Biden administration take action in Sudan. Despite the ongoing violence and civilian suffering, President Biden has remained largely silent on Sudan.
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Urgent Action: PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER IS RELEASED (Outcome IOPT 2.24)
NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUESTED. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT APPEALS. On February 29, Palestinian human rights defender and social worker, Munther Amira, was released from administrative detention at…
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El Salvador: The Institutionalization of Human Rights Violations After Two Years of Emergency Rule
The government of El Salvador continues to ignore its international human rights obligations through maintaining a state of emergency as the mainstay of its security strategy.
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Urgent Action: FORMER MP’S CONVICTIONS MUST BE QUASHED (Zimbabwe 90.22)
On January 30, 2024, former opposition leader, Job Sikhala, was released after 595 days of arbitrary detention. Job Sikhala was arrested on June 14, 2022, and convicted on May 3,…
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Urgent Action: JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AT RISK OF TORTURE (Equatorial Guinea 21.24)
On March 1, Anacleto Micha Ndong, an Equatoguinean human rights defender, was transferred to the Malabo prison of Black Beach on pre-trial detention. He has been accused of outrage and…
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Urgent Action: RELEASE CONVICTED ANTI-WAR LOCAL POLITICIAN (Russia 23.24)
The Russian authorities are putting the health and life of Aleksei Gorinov at risk due to his treatment and conditions in detention, including being held in prolonged solitary confinement, not…
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UN Special Rapporteur Report on Gaza Provides Crucial Evidence That Must Spur International Action to Prevent Genocide
Amnesty International responds to the UN Special Rapporteur report that states must uphold their obligations under the Genocide Convention and take concrete measures to protect Palestinians in Gaza today.
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Urgent Action: JOURNALIST ARRESTED UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY (Ethiopia 20.24)
On November 13, 2023, Belay Manaye, co- founder and presenter of Ethio News, a YouTube based news channel, was arrested in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, by a group of police…
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Urgent Action: PROTESTER RISKS DECADES IN PRISON FOR T-SHIRT (Egypt 90.23)
Arbitrarily detained protester Mahmoud Hussein faces up to 25 years in prison simply for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan back in January 2014. He was already arbitrarily detained…
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Russia: Truth and Justice for Victims Of Crocus City Hall Attack Incompatible With Torture of Suspects
While horrifying details of this mass killing continue to emerge, the Russian authorities and media sources have provided deeply disturbing and what appear to be credible images of torture of…
