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September 29, 2020

Belarus must release opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, say UN experts

Maria Kalesnikava was snatched off the streets of Minsk, threatened with death or deportation and then secretly imprisoned.
May 11, 2020

Saudi Prince held in incommunicado detention

Arrests since 2017 have targeted many sectors of Saudi society, including clerics, intellectuals, human rights activists, businessmen, and royal family members.
June 19, 2019

Call for immediate investiigation into death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi

Mohamed Morsi’s death in court is deeply shocking and raises serious questions about his treatment in custody, says Amnesty International.
October 19, 2018

Jamal Khashoggi: urgent United Nations investigation needed, says Amnesty

Human rights and journalists' organisations have called for Turkey to urgently ask UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to establish a United Nations investigation into the possible extrajudicial execution of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
July 13, 2018

UAE has created created parallel Yemeni security structure outside the law, says Amnesty

The United Arab Emirates has been carrying out the enforced disappearance and torture of scores of people in southern Yemen, says Amnesty International.
May 11, 2018

Amnesty calls for US Senate Committee to vote against Gina Haspel's appointment as CIA director

Amnesty International has called on the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to vote against Gina Haspel's nomination as the next director of the CIA pending an investigation of her alleged role in the CIA's programme of torture and enforced disappearances.
February 17, 2018

Call for ICC to investigate Libya's forced displacement of Tawerghan residents

Armed groups and civilian authorities in the Libyan coastal city of Misrata are blocking thousands of people from the town of Tawergha from returning to their hometown after seven years of forced displacement, says Human Righrs Watch.
December 28, 2017

2017: A 'bad year to be brave' as activists are targeted around the world

Amnesty International has declared 2017 a dangerous year to speak out about human rights, as the organisation decried a pattern of attacks on activists around the world, branding it a "bad year to be brave".
October 19, 2017

Call for China to abolish secret detention but ensure rights protections

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge to abolish the abusive shuanggui internal party disciplinary system will only be meaningful if its replacement ensures rights protections for detainees, says Human Rights Watch.
March 3, 2017

Son of opposition politician released from secret detention in Bangladesh

The release this week of a man held incommunicado for more than six months after his apparent abduction by security forces is a step forward, but Bangladeshi authorities need to immediately reveal the fate and whereabouts of two other men held in secret detention, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

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