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August 9, 2018

London embassy hunger strike highlights plight of frail prisoners in Bahrain

Amnesty is calling for the release of four seriously ill Bahraini prisoners of conscience, one of whom is the subject of a hunger strike outside the Bahrain Embassy in London.
July 22, 2018

Crackdown on student activists in Iran

Iranian authorities have increased their crackdown on student protesters with prison terms and restrictions on their peaceful activities, says Human Rights Watch.
July 16, 2018

Egypt using counterterrorism laws against critics, says Human Rights Watch

The Egyptian authorities are increasingly using counterterrorism, state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism, says Human Rights Watch.
July 14, 2018

Global Witness condemns the imprisonment of activists in Niger

Twenty-six people were arrested following a peaceful protest against a regressive new finance law which will force the people of Niger to pay taxes on housing and electricity for the first time, while giving huge tax breaks to multinational companies.
June 25, 2018

Lifting of women's driving ban 'must be followed by wider reforms in Saudi Arabia'

Amnesty International calls for the release of eight recently-detained women’s right activists.
June 20, 2018

Statement on police infiltration of CND

CND has responded to reports from a public inquiry that a police spy infiltrated the organisation between 1980 and 1984.
June 14, 2018

Call for protection of Russian human rights defenders as World Cup begins

Amnesty International calls for the urgent protection of human rights defenders in Russia as the World Cup begins.
June 6, 2018

UN 'very encouraged' by developments in Ethiopia

The UN sees "tremendous hope" for human rights in the actions of the new government of Ethiopia.
April 9, 2018

Support for Bahraini human rights defender on seventh anniversary of his arrest

On Monday 9 April 2018, human rights organisations, friends, and supporters of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja will join his daughters to protest at the Bahraini Embassy in London.
April 3, 2018

Bahrain's interior minister threatens online crackdown

Bahrain’s interior minister has threatened to crackdown on dissidents and activists who criticise the government online.