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July 15, 2020

Bahrain confirms death sentences on social media after UK ignores calls to intervene

Bahrain’s highest court has upheld death sentences against two pro-democracy protesters after the UK Government refused to intervene.
March 24, 2020

Children are disappeared and tortured by Egyptian security forces

Egypt’s allies should halt support to Egyptian security forces until Egypt takes measurable steps to end the abuses and hold accountable those responsible, say human rights groups.
January 21, 2020

Tribal communities in India plead with US not to fund eviction from ancestral lands

Two tribal communities in India have written to the US authorities urging them to scrap support for a conservation project that could lead to the tribe’s eviction from their ancestral forests.
January 20, 2020

Psychologists who created CIA torture techniques to testify at Guantánamo

Two contract psychologists are to testify at Guantánamo for first time.
January 17, 2020

Bishops call for application of international law in Israel and Palestine

Bishops from across Europe and North America have called on their governments to insist on the application of international law in Israel and Palestine.
December 1, 2019

Court delays verdict on Bahrain death row torture victims to Christmas Day

Without offering any justification, Bahrain’s High Criminal Appeals Court has delayed a judgement in the case of Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa who had previously been sentenced to death on the basis of torture-tainted confessions. Lawyers have been notified that the verdict will now be issued on Christmas Day.
November 8, 2019

Fears that Sri Lanka mass violence will return as hardliner seeks presidency

In many countries, the run-up to elections can be tense.
November 3, 2019

Launch of letter-writing campaign to support young people facing human rights abuses

Volunteers arrested for rescuing refugees in Greece and a young Iranian woman rights activist sentenced to 10 years in jail are among those to receive support.
October 9, 2019

Riot deaths in Papua must be investigated, says Human Rights Watch

Indonesian security forces have often committed abuses against the Papuan population, including arbitrary detention and torture.
September 26, 2019

Amnesty calls on world leaders at UN to confront Egypt's President Sisi over protests crackdown

World leaders must confront President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the UN General Assembly in New York this week and strongly condemn Egypt's crackdown on recent protests, says Amnesty International.