Urgent Actions

@AmnestyNow's Urgent Action Network (UAN) mobilizes letter writers quickly to protect human rights and save lives. Join the UAN and take action today!

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We just launched our Amnesty SOS app on Android! 🎉

Be an @AmnestyNow #HumanRightsDefender wherever you go! Use the app as a tool to amplify your impact - collect more signatures at events you attend or organize! Now available for iOS & Android devices > https://t.co/4SOSQ56x7x

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#URGENTACTION 🚨 18 students + 1 academic facing charges in #Turkey for allegedly joining a banned Pride parade on campus. Police broke it up w pepper spray, plastic bullets + teargas. Urge the Minister of Justice to respect the rights of LGBTI people🏳️‍🌈➡️ https://t.co/kuFtGeGnIW

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🚨URGENT ACTION: 1000s have taken to the streets in #Chile to protest inequality. Reports of violent gov't repression and deaths. Urge the President @SebastianPinera to address the demands of the people and end the deployment of the army >>> https://t.co/p94fl24QJ3

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#JulianCarrillo was gunned down for defending forests vital to his people. Other environment defenders are in grave danger, as the toll of killings grows across #Mexico. Raise your voice to protect those who protect the earth🌎#DefendersUnderAttack ▶️ https://t.co/paheEHYl4J

[Kathy Price @KathyMPrice]

‼️ URGENT #TakeAction with @AmnestyNow to defend #Indigenous earth defender Rosalina Dominguez ▶️https://t.co/5tfZYDU9NF. Add your voice for protection & justice following machete attack in threatened @COPINHHONDURAS community of Rio Blanco #WaterIsLife #DefendersUnderAttack🌎♀️

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Amazing news! Ahmed’s children have gotten their wish and he has flown home to them in Cyprus, after 4 years unfairly imprisoned in Hungary. Just in time for his daughter’s birthday! Thank you to everyone who supported him. https://t.co/85z4MMYOI1

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#WeiZhili & #KeChengbing, editors of a labour rights website, have been held in secret detention for 3 months. Before that, they helped migrant workers who had contracted occupational lung disease to defend their rights. It's time to defend theirs: https://t.co/Jefl3O38Vk

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In June, Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, a housing rights researcher, was arrested by security forces from a street near his house in Cairo and forcibly disappeared. Urge the government to bring those responsible to justice >>> https://t.co/P9uQxB8Sv0
@MfaEgypt @moiegy @AlsisiOfficial

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Today Danelly Estupiñan is receiving death threats. @UNPColombia, the lives of all human rights defender count! Urge Colombia to reinforce Danelly Estupiñan's protection measures. Take action now >>> https://t.co/pc9tYy0Llk

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Iranian women’s rights activists Monireh Arabshahi, Yasaman Aryani and Mojgan Keshavarz are detained in Iran for campaigning against Iran’s discriminatory forced veiling laws. Call on Iran's Supreme Leader @khamenei_ir to free them NOW! >>> https://t.co/jUHysMXAp1

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URGENT ACTION 📢: Honduras earth defenders still at risk! Read the update and send a message here >>> https://t.co/Ea1tGiJu8X

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Iranian women’s rights activists Monireh Arabshahi, Yasaman Aryani and Mojgan Keshavarz are detained in Iran for campaigning against Iran’s discriminatory forced veiling laws. Call on Iran's Supreme Leader @khamenei_ir to free them NOW! >>> https://t.co/yop5Am0FI7

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No one should face intimidation for defending the rights of others. @FiscaliaCol , investigate harassment against Danelly Estupiñan, a human rights defender in Buenaventura, #Colombia. Send a message to the public prosecutor >>> https://t.co/UDaqoEJ1FJ

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URGENT ACTION: Help stop border detentions and deportations in #Mexico @SEGOB_mx @M_OlgaSCordero
Send your message here >> https://t.co/pwWQ8tYZde

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📢 🚨 URGENT ACTION: Canadian citizen Yasser Albaz has been detained without cause in #Egypt. Join us in calling for his release! https://t.co/GLhjXcYlMF #FreeYasser @JustinTrudeau @cafreeland @AmnestyUA

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URGENT ACTION 📢 : Defend press freedom -- drop the charges against Maria Ressa! Take action now>>> https://t.co/rSBx6004j8 #DefendPressFreedom @DOJPH @mariaressa @rapplerdotcom

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URGENT ACTION: Activists in Thailand face continued harassment. @EctThailand @RTPoliceRBLX must drop all charges against activists who peacefully express their opinion. RT and write to the authorities here >>> https://t.co/nciY6alSEG (Photo of Parit Chiwarak via Twitter)

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Take action to stop the harassment of activist #ElzbietaPodlesna. Polish authorities are going too far to silence peaceful activism. Let's show them that we will not stay silent. We support Elzbieta. #TeczaNieObraza Act Now >>> https://t.co/bHoM5ZuN1K

[Kathy Price @KathyMPrice]

In Canada, inspired by all the mothers bravely raising their voices in #Mexico for their disappeared loved ones, @AmnestyNow is mobilizing solidarity action. Sign our e-petition & send a message >>https://t.co/0qjQFQ8J6F #10deMayo #CanadaMexicoSolidarity #DondeEstán

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Families displaced after 2018's HidroItuango floodings are about to be evicted from their current shelter. @Alcaldiaituango must respect their rights. No to forced eviction! Take Action >> https://t.co/ev1vKnINrX

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Today is #WorldPressFreedomDay #JournalismIsNotACrime