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Tunisia: Drop charges against blogger and newly elected parliamentarian

The prosecution of Tunisian blogger and parliament elect Yassine Ayari in a military court for his posts on Facebook is a serious violation of the right to freedom of expression and the right to fair trial, said Amnesty International. On 4 January, a military prosecutor charged Ayari with “undermining the morale of the army” for a Facebook post published on 27 February 2017, in which he mocked the appointment of a senior military commander.

Date:
15 January 2018
  • Campaigns
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • Unlawful Detention

Uzbekistan: Further information: Independent journalist must be immediately released: Bobomurod Abdullayev

On 10 January, the family of Uzbekistani independent journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev, held since 27 September 2017 in an Uzbekistani National Security Service (SNB) detention centre, was allowed to see him for the first time in three months. While the family saw no visible signs of torture, concerns for his wellbeing remain. He has had no access to independent legal representation since December 2017.

Date:
15 January 2018
Ref:
EUR 62/7721/2018
  • News
  • Pakistan
  • Human Rights Defenders and Activists

Pakistan: End impunity for attacks on journalists

The attacks on Taha Siddiqui and other Pakistani journalists must be immediately and effectively investigated by the authorities, Amnesty International said today, calling for an end to impunity for such attacks. Taha Siddiqui was driving to Islamabad airport at 8:20am today when the car he was traveling in was besieged by at least 10 armed men, who beat him, threatened to kill him, and tried to abduct him.

Date:
10 January 2018
  • News
  • Asia and The Pacific
  • Press Freedom

Myanmar: Reuters journalists must be released

The Myanmar authorities must immediately release two journalists from the Reuters news agency who have been arbitrarily detained for investigating military abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Amnesty International said. The two journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, are due in court tomorrow. They had been investigating the recent military operations in Rakhine State when they were arrested on 12 December 2017.

Date:
9 January 2018
  • Research
  • China
  • Prisoners of Conscience

China: Amnesty International welcomes the reunion of former prisoner of conscience Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen with his family abroad

Amnesty International welcomes Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen’s reunion with his family in the United States on 26 December, almost ten years after he was first detained in China for making an independent documentary about the views of ordinary Tibetans ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Date:
27 December 2017
Ref:
ASA 17/7641/2017
  • News
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Censorship and Free Speech

Saudi Arabia and The Emperor’s New Clothes

This article was first published on Newsweek Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud is on a mission. The heir to the Saudi throne has big plans for his future kingdom: he has pledged to unravel over half a century of ultra-conservatism, offering a bold new vision where the religious police have less power and women have more freedom. He can’t be accused of aiming low. There have been early signs of his burgeoning influence.

Date:
26 December 2017
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Armed Conflict

Israel/OPT: Military must end excessive force to avoid further bloodshed and deaths

Ahead of planned protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territories tomorrow, and in the wake of the deaths of four Palestinian protesters and the injuring of hundreds of others in the last two weeks, Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli authorities to put an end to the excessive force that has been part of its response to demonstrations and clashes resulting from the decision by the US administration to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Date:
21 December 2017
  • Research
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Free Speech

Bahrain: Human rights violations continue unabated

Amnesty International has today expressed serious concern about recent developments in Bahrain, namely the new charges brought against the leader of the now-dissolved Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman; the dissolution on appeal of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad); the resumption of trials of civilians before military courts; the ongoing trial of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab and the continued targeting of human rights activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei’s family.

Date:
21 December 2017
Ref:
MDE 11/7638/2017
  • Research
  • Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Censorship and Free Speech

Palestine: Reform restrictive cybercrime law amended draft better, but still short of international standards

Palestinian authorities should amend the cybercrime law to bring it in line with their international legal obligations, Amnesty International, Avaaz, Human Rights Watch, and 7amleh: The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media said in a joint letter to Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Salah Alayan.

Date:
20 December 2017
Ref:
MDE 15/7632/2017
  • Research
  • Demonstrations

Proposed criteria for selection and appointment of a new mandate holder on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association at the 37th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (26 February – 23 March 2018)

The Human Rights Council will appoint a new Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in March 2018. The following checklist is intended as an interpretive aid for those requirements.

Date:
20 December 2017
Ref:
IOR 40/7631/2017
  • News
  • Mexico
  • Censorship and Free Speech

Mexico: Amnesty International chief slams interior security law and calls on Mexican president to veto it

Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, today directed an open letter to Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto, calling on the leader to veto the Law on Interior Security that passed Mexico´s Congress on Friday. Speaking on behalf of an organization that represents a movement of more than 7 million people around the world, Shetty noted that “Behind the vague and overly broad concept of ‘interior security’, the law conceals dangerous and concerted efforts to maintain the role of the armed forces in public security functions.

Date:
18 December 2017
  • Research
  • Guinea
  • Death Penalty

Guinea: Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, list of issues

Amnesty International provides this information to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee ahead of the adoption of the list of issues for the fourth periodic report of Guinea at its 122nd session. The bibliography set-out in Annexe 1 lists the recent publications of Amnesty International, covering its key concerns about violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Date:
13 December 2017
Ref:
AFR 29/7600/2017
  • Research
  • Sierra Leone
  • Demonstrations

Sierra Leone: Civic space manifesto for Sierra Leone

What is the Sierra Leone Civic Space Manifesto? The civic space manifesto is a document designed and supported by over 40 Sierra Leonean civil society organizations to call on political parties ahead of the March 2018 elections to commit to four human rights principles to better safeguard civic space in Sierra Leone. It is our hope that all political parties in Sierra Leone will commit to the principles outlined in this manifesto, incorporate them into their party manifesto and policies and commit to furthering these commitments if elected to political positions.

Date:
13 December 2017
Ref:
AFR 51/7593/2017