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USA: Shell’s law firm refuses to hand over evidence critical for Ogoni Nine case
Shell’s US law firm is refusing to hand over more than 100,000 internal documents crucial to a legal case in the Netherlands which is alleging the oil giant’s complicity in…
Report
In the Dock: Shell’s Complicity in the Arbitrary Execution of the Ogoni Nine
Oil giant Shell stands accused of complicity in the unlawful arrest, detention and execution of nine men who were hanged by Nigeria’s military government in the 1990s, Amnesty International can…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Sentence Confirmed On Saudi Arabian Writer (Saudi Arabia: UA 41.17)
Saudi Arabian writer Nazeer al-Majed was informed on 15 May that the Court of Appeal of the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh has upheld his seven-year prison sentence. Nazeer…
Event
1st Annual Amnesty OKC Human Rights Defender Awards
Amnesty International OKC will begin presenting three annual human rights awards in 2017 * David C. Craighead Human Rights award * Amnesty OKC Member of the Year * Student Activist…
Press Release
Israel must release Palestinian prisoner of conscience detained without charge or trial
The Israeli authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Ahmed Qatamesh, a 67-year-old Palestinian academic, writer and political analyst who has been arbitrarily detained under a three-month administrative detention order, said…
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Archives Project
The Amnesty International USA Archive is a collection of over 3,000 linear feet of material that documents the founding, growth, and activities of the organization from the early 1960s through…
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History
1961 In 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson read a newspaper story about two Portuguese students who were jailed for raising their glasses in a toast to freedom. Appalled by this…
Press Release
Iran: Writer arrested in violent raid on her house following prison sentence for story about stoning
The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release writer and human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, following her arrest today, Amnesty International urged. Despite the fact that no official summons…
Press Release
Iran: Writer facing imminent imprisonment for story about stoning
Iranian authorities must immediately repeal the conviction and sentence of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, a writer and human rights activist who is due to begin serving six years in prison on…
Update
Turkey Could Be Taking A Big Step Backwards In Human Rights
[caption id="attachment_72981" align="alignleft" width="1100"] AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris[/caption] Please note this article first appeared on Time.com here. By Katy Pownall, News Writer at Amnesty International It’s rush hour on Istanbul’s Bosphorus Bridge. Queues of…
Update
10 Killings: The Tragic Story of the Barrios Family in Venezuela
[caption id="attachment_72941" align="alignleft" width="1000"] LEO RAMIREZ/AFP/Getty Image[/caption] By Alex Roche, writer and campaigner Imagine that one day your brother is at home with his two sons. Police enter his house,…
Victory
Good News! – Oman: Sulaiman Al-Ma’mari Released (UA 107/16)
Omani writer, journalist and human rights activist Sulaiman al-Ma’mari was released without charge on 19 May, following 22 days detained in solitary confinement. The Omani authorities have yet to give…