Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Two Activists Released From Detention (Ukraine: UA 42/17)
Russian activists Seroe Fioletovoe and Viktoriya Miroshnichenko were released unharmed after spending 15 days in detention in the pro-Russian separatist-controlled Donetsk, in Ukraine. The activists have now returned to Russia.
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Viet Nam: President Hollande must back one woman’s fight for justice
President Francois Hollande of France must confront Vietnamese authorities over their treatment of one women’s fight for justice when he visits the country this week, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty…
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The secretive world of torturous prisons within prisons in Viet Nam
A new report published by Amnesty International today casts a rare light on the torture and other harrowing treatment of prisoners of conscience locked up in Viet Nam’s secretive network…
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Prisons within Prisons: Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners of conscience in Viet Nam
A new report published by Amnesty International today casts a rare light on the torture and other harrowing treatment of prisoners of conscience locked up in Viet Nam’s secretive network…
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Viet Nam: Shameful wave of arrests of activists as Obama visits
Vietnamese authorities must end their crackdown on peaceful protesters and release all prisoners of conscience, Amnesty International said today.
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Government crackdowns on peaceful demonstrations in Viet Nam
The Vietnamese authorities have cracked down heavily in response to a series of demonstrations taking place throughout the country in May 2016, organized following an ecological catastrophe that has decimated…
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President Obama must call Viet Nam to release over 80 Prisoners of Conscience
When President Obama travels to Viet Nam this month, he must call for the immediate and unconditional release of over 80 prisoners of conscience imprisoned for their peaceful political activities,…
Urgent Action
Viet Nam: Ensure Safety of Trần Minh Nháºt (UA 46/16)
There are increasing fears for the safety and security of Vietnamese Trần Minh Nháºt, a former prisoner of conscience, who is facing ongoing harassment, intimidation and other human rights…
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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his last year in office to bring U.S. laws and policies…
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Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned…
