Amnesty International believes all the charges against Issa Amro are politically-motivated and linked to his peaceful work in exposing Israel’s human rights violations.
The worsening health of Loujain Al-Hathloul, who has been on hunger strike since 26 October to protest against her prolonged detention, is deeply alarming, says the UN women’s rights committee.
Sixteen cross-party MPs and Peers have delivered a letter to the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt urging him to press the Bahraini government to end the abuse of female political prisoners.
A prominent human rights activist who has been involved in campaigning for political reform in Saudi Arabia has launched a legal claim against the Saudi government, alleging they have targeted him with spyware.
A Cairo criminal court has ordered the release of Amal Fathy, a woman human rights defender who was given a two-year sentence in September for posting a video online in which she criticised the Egyptian authorities for failing to tackle sexual harassment.
Amnesty International has responded to the five-year jail sentence handed to Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-cheh, the manager of an NGO in Tapei, by a Chinese court on 28 November 2017.