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Freedom of expression, association and assembly Middle East
Saudi woman imprisoned for tweeting in support of women’s rights released after four-year ordeal
14 February 2025 | 9:19 am

Responding to the release of Salma al-Shehab, a Saudi Arabian woman, who has spent more than four years imprisoned on terrorism-related charges for posting tweets in support of women’s rights, Amnesty International’s Middle East Researcher, Dana Ahmed, said: “Salma al-Shehab’s ordeal in prison is finally over. For more than four years she has been subjected […]

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Human rights Middle East
Yemen: Investigate death in custody of arbitrarily detained UN aid worker
13 February 2025 | 10:51 am

Yemeni authorities must urgently investigate the death in custody of a UN humanitarian worker with the World Food Programme (WFP), who had been arbitrarily detained since 23 January 2025 and was held at a Huthi-run detention centre in northern Yemen, said Amnesty International today. The name of the staff member has not been officially released. […]

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Human rights Africa
Egypt: Military trials of fishermen an affront to justice
12 February 2025 | 3:32 pm

Egyptian authorities must stop trying civilians in military courts, said Amnesty International and the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, ahead of an expected verdict on 12 February in the military trials of five civilians in relation to fishing in a lake in North Sinai controlled by a development agency operating under the ministry of defence. […]

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Individuals at risk Asia
Türkiye: Acquittal of three Gezi Park defendants brings chronicle of injustice to an end
12 February 2025 | 3:23 pm

Reacting to the acquittal at the retrial of Mücella Yapıcı, Hakan Altınay and Yiğit Ekmekçi, whose initial convictions and 18-year prison sentences in connection with mass protests in 2013 were overturned in September 2023, Milena Buyum, Amnesty International’s Senior Türkiye Campaigner, said: “Today’s decision brings an end to the politically motivated prosecution of Mücella Yapıcı, […]

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A crowd a rally for refugees. The signs in shot say: 'We've boundless plains to share' and 'My friends aren't a security threat!'
Right to Protest Australia
Email the Premier, Don’t Deny Democracy

History has shown us that protest is powerful. Currently the Victorian government is planning to ban face masks, attachment devices and fully restrict protests near places of worship. The reforms risk impacting peoples’ fundamental democratic rights, including freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and freedom of association. Can you email premier Jacinta Allen and tell […]

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Human rights Asia
India: Authorities must uphold human rights and end violence in Manipur following Biren Singh’s resignation
12 February 2025 | 10:20 am

Responding to the resignation of N Biren Singh as the Chief Minister of the state of Manipur in India on Sunday, Aakar Patel, chair of the board at Amnesty International India, said: “Biren Singh’s resignation presents in Manipur the opportunity for the authorities to uphold and ensure human rights for everyone, break with the violence […]

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Activism Middle East
Urgent: Call on the Iranian authorities to halt the execution of Pakhshan Azizi

Urgent global action is needed to halt the imminent execution of humanitarian aid worker, Pakhshan Azizi. Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected the request for a review of the conviction, highlighting how the Iranian authorities remain adamantly resolved to use the death penalty as a tool of political repression. Her lawyer, Amir Raesian, said he was […]

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Responsive campaigning Middle East
Israel/OPT: Released Palestinian aid worker managing Australian program speaks after nearly nine years of unjust imprisonment
11 February 2025 | 11:07 am

The long overdue release of Palestinian aid worker and prisoner of conscience, Mohammed al-Halabi, as part of the prisoner-hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, ends his agonising ordeal and a flagrant injustice. Al-Halabi, the former Gaza Director of Humanitarian Aid and Development organisation World Vision, was arrested by the Israeli security agency at the […]

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Amnesty International activists taking part in Gay Pride in Paris, June 2015.
LGBTQIA+ rights Australia
Explainer: What are conversion practices? And why Australia needs stronger laws to combat them
11 February 2025 | 10:39 am

Content warning: this article contains discussion of homophobia, transphobia, conversion practices, physical and sexual assault. What are conversion practices? Conversion practices – also known as Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts (SOGICE) – are formal therapeutic and informal practices that target LGBTQA+ people with the false ideology that their sexual orientation, gender identity or […]

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Responsive campaigning Africa
Sudan: Civilians at imminent risk of reprisal attacks as fighting rages in Khartoum and Darfur
10 February 2025 | 11:51 am

As the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) escalate their fighting in Khartoum, Amnesty International has received alarming information, including reports of lists of potential targets, indicating that civilian activists, human rights defenders, medical workers and humanitarian workers are at imminent risk of deadly reprisal attacks. All parties to the conflict must […]

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