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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.
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Good News! Oman: Abdullah Habib Released (UA 92/16)
Omani poet, writer, film critic and human rights defender, Abdullah Habib was released without charge on 4 May.
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Sole witness to Berta Cáceres murder: “It was clear she was going to get killed”
The armed men who burst into the house of Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres on 3 March had a simple plan: find her, kill her, and leave.
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Musician Angélique Kidjo and African youth activists honored with Amnesty International award
World-renowned musician Angélique Kidjo and three inspirational African youth activist movements have been declared this year’s joint winners of the prestigious Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2016, the organization said…
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Journalism Is Not a Crime
Journalism is not a crime, yet the principles of free speech and a free press are threatened right across the world. To mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May,…
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World Press Freedom Day: Journalists under attack just for doing their job
On World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Amnesty International is shining a light on nine cases of journalists from across the globe who have been harassed, threatened, locked up…
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Making for a Just World
In Canvases of Courage, a documentary about artists working to advance global human rights, Jérôme Lagarrigue 96 IL (above) speaks about how his own experience surviving a hate crime in…
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Good News! Oman: Abdullah Habib Released (UA 92/16)
Omani poet, writer, film critic and human rights defender, Abdullah Habib was released without charge on 4 May. For the full Urgent Action please click on PDF version…
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Good News! – Myanmar: Htin Lin Oo Has Been Released (UA 16/15)
Htin Lin Oo, writer and former spokesperson for the National League for Democracy (NLD), was released from Monywa prison in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region on 17 April. He was released as…
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Russian Federation: Establish Whereabouts of Khusein Betelgireev (UA 82/16)
Khusein Betelgeriev, a well-known songwriter and performer from Chechnya, Russian Federation, was taken away by two uniformed men from his home in Grozny on 31 March.
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Bangladesh: Authorities must act as another secular activist hacked to death
The vicious killing of another secular activist in Bangladesh is a grave reminder that the authorities are failing to protect people exercising their right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International…
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Saudi Arabia: Journalist sentenced to five years in prison for tweets latest victim of ruthless crackdown
The sentencing of journalist Alaa Brinji to five years in prison, an eight-year travel ban and a fine of 50,000 Saudi Arabian riyals (about US$ 13,300) for a series of…