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When an individual is in immediate danger of a human rights violation, Amnesty International mobilizes a dedicated group of letter-writers to take action quickly to protect them. Please take action as soon as possible on the cases listed on this page.

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SRI LANKA: Student Leaders Arbitrarily Detained

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 96/22 BELOW Sri Lankan student leaders Galwewa Siridhamma Thero and Wasantha Mudalige, have been detained...

EGYPT: Ailing Rights Lawyer Deprived of Healthcare

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 190/18 UPDATE 5 BELOW Lawyer Hoda Abdelmoniem has been arbitrarily detained for four years and...

ISRAEL/OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Palestinian lawyer’s detention extended

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 22/22 UPDATE 2 BELOW French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hammouri remains held without charge or trial in...

CANADA: Mamadou Konaté’s Deportation Suspended

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 82/22 UPDATE 1 BELOW Mamadou Konaté is a migrant worker from Ivory Coast who has...

TÜRKİYE: Free Prof Şebnem Korur Fİncanci

Download a copy of the 92/22 below The Head of the Turkish Medical Association, Prof Şebnem Korur Fincancı has been...

IRAN: Three People Risk Court Ordered Blinding

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 87/22 BELOW Three prisoners, two men and a woman, are at imminent risk of judicially-sanctioned...

BELARUS: Jailed Activist Subjected to Ill-Treatment

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 86/22 BELOW Prisoner of conscience Sergey Tihanovski (Syarhei Tsikhanouski) is a popular blogger and prominent...

BURUNDI: Lawyer Detained Arbitrarily For Nearly Two Years

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 92/21 UODATE 2 29 September 2022 marked a year that the Court of Appeal of...

BELARUS: Human Rights Defender Arbitrarily Detained

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 85/22 BELOW Belarusian human rights defender Nasta Loika has been arbitrarily detained since 6 September...

HONG KONG: Veteran Radio Host Faces Yeas in Prison

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 84/22 BELOW Detained veteran internet radio host “Giggs” Edmund Wan, who has been remanded in...

TUNISIA: Reinstate Revoked Judges and Prosecutors

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 83/22 BELOW On 1 June, the President Kais Saied arbitrarily dismissed 57 judges and prosecutors...

IRAN: LGBTI Defender Sentenced to Death

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 5/22 UODATE 1 BELOW Iranian LGBTI rights defender Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and another woman, Elham Choubdar,...

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