DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 60/22 BELOW Abdullah al-Huwaiti, who was arrested when he was 14, is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. On 13 June 2022, the Appeals Court upheld his death sentence after a grossly unfair trial. During his time in detention, he was held in solitary confinement,...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 59/22 BELOW At least eight prisoners in Greater Tehran Penitentiary, Tehran province, are at grave risk of having their finger-amputation sentences carried out imminently. At least three of the men were convicted based on torture-tainted “confessions” following grossly...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 56/22 BELOW Since 2 June 2022, two women have been on hunger strike calling for their right to bail. They have been detained since 3 May 2022. Authorities have started criminal proceedings against them and one other, who is on bail under house arrest, for conducting street...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 46/22 BELOW Jaafar Mohammad Sultan and Sadeq Majeed Thamer, two Bahraini Shi’a men, are at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. The Specialized Criminal Court sentenced them to death in October 2021 following a grossly unfair trial for terrorism-related charges, which...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 132/19, UPADTE 8 BELOW Dual Egyptian-British national activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been on hunger-strike since 2 April in protest of his unjust imprisonment, cruel detention conditions and denial of consular visits. In December 2021, an emergency court sentenced him and human...

More people took part in Write for Rights 2021 in Canada than ever before! More than 5,800 people across Canada gathered at 180 virtual and in-person events to send more than 80,000 letters, emails, solidarity messages, and tweets in solidarity with human rights defenders. Your letters joined with...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 40/22 BELOW During his annual meeting with the Banjul Muslim Elders for Koriteh at the State House on 2 May 2022, President Adama Barrow accused human rights defender Madi Jobarteh of being a “troublemaker” who wants to bring violence into the country. It is believed that...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 39/22 BELOW Political activist Ebrahim Babaei was forcibly disappeared by Iranian authorities amidst his efforts to flee Iran on 21 December 2021 to escape unjust sentences consisting of imprisonment and flogging. His fate and whereabouts remain concealed from his family and he...

May 4, 2022 Authorities and companies in Ecuador threaten the Amazon through legislation, policies and extractive projects – mainly oil and mining – that have not obtained the free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples or that have affected their territories, environment,...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 37/21, UPDATE 2 HERE  On 15, 17, 18 and 21 March, five prison guards entered the cell of Sahrawi activist Mohamed Lamine Haddi, beat him with batons and cut his beard against his will. This came after he declared his intention to go on hunger strike to protest his prison...

Russia Invades Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 – now entering the third month with no end in sight – is an act of aggression that has unleashed the gravest human rights and refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two. Amnesty International is documenting serious...

Normally, the coming of spring is a welcome reprieve from long, cold, dark, and, if you’re from British Columbia like me, wet winters. But this year’s coming of spring may be tinged with a prickle of anxiety.   Will we get enough rain this spring to replenish our aquifers? Will our rivers run...