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Urgent Action: OPPOSITION FIGURE ARBITRARILY DETAINED (Tunisia 114.23)
Share: On This Page On October 3, 2023, days after expressing her interest in running for the next presidential elections, security forces arrested opposition figure Abir Moussi. She had been…
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Fight for Abortion Rights: Organize on Campus
Every school environment is different, so we developed a guide to help you advocate for abortion rights on your campus. Here are just a few ideas from the guide:
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Urgent Action: CLIMATE DISPLACED PEOPLE NEED A HOME URGENTLY (Mexico 108.23)
On November 13, 69 people from "El Bosque" community (Tabasco) were forced to leave a temporary shelter in Frontera Village due to inhumane conditions and treatments. They were placed there…
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Urgent Action: UN EXPERTS ALARMED OVER IMPUNITY IN CHILE (Chile 91.23)
On November 27, 2023, UN special rapporteurs on peaceful assembly and association and on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions publicly called on Chilean authorities to “advance the prosecution and sanction…
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Urgent Action: UNJUSTLY HELD STUDENT DENIED PROSTHETIC LEG (Egypt 110.23)
Oqba Hashad has been arbitrarily detained without trial for over four years and six months solely for his brother’s human rights activism. Security forces subjected him to enforced disappearance for…
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Urgent Action: VENEZUELAN DETAINEES’ LIFE AT RISK (Venezuela 96.23)
Emirlendris Benítez is a 42-year-old mother and tradeswoman who was arbitrarily detained in August 2018 and subjected to torture. Guillermo Zárraga is a 59-year-old engineer and former oil industry unionist…
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Urgent Action: ARTIST SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON (Russia 36.22)
On November 16, 2023 Aleksandra Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years in prison for “disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces”. In March 2022, Aleksandra Skochilenko had replaced…
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Celebrating the Human Rights Wins of 2023
Although human rights are being gravely undermined in numerous countries across the world, Amnesty International’s supporters and activists have shown that change is always possible.
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Amnesty International Launches Annual Letter-Writing Campaign Amid Clampdown on Human Rights
Amnesty International is launching its annual global letter-writing campaign ahead of Human Rights Day on December 10, in a bid to transform the lives of people whose rights have been…
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Urgent Action: IMPRISONED NURSE MAY FULLY LOSE HEARING (Russia 28.23)
Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist, was abducted by security officers in Russian-occupied Crimea in April 2022 and sentenced to seven years imprisonment following an unfair trial. She…
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Fight for Abortion Rights: Get Involved
There are many ways to organize for abortion rights in your own community. Local activism is just as important as statewide or national activism! Here are a few bite-size ideas…
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Write for Rights
Write For Rights is Amnesty International’s largest annual letter writing campaign.
