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Reminder: No #Palantir in #Newcastle - online meeting on Monday evening! buff.ly/MxGsDxA

Plenty of signatures from people requesting a prison welfare visit in #SaudiArabia for #Manahel yesterday! Visit #Edinburgh #Amnesty #MeadowsFestival stand today to join them...

"May has turned out to be another month of suffering and hardship for many innocent people in #SaudiArabia.  Shouldn’t we remember them and try to help them?" buff.ly/ksnk2C4

Reminder: No #Palantir in #Newcastle - online meeting on Monday evening! buff.ly/MxGsDxA

Free #Saudi activist Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi - 1700 days in administrative detention in #Bulgaria buff.ly/rkkX12c #FreeAlKhalidi

City of Sanctuary Bulletin Board - Sign up to Padlet for auto updates buff.ly/ctsk3Y0 #refugees #refugeeweek

#Edinburgh #Amnesty groups will be at the #MeadowsFestival this weekend collecting signatures on a petition for a #UK prison welfare visit to #Saudi #womensrights activist Manahel al-Otaibi #FreeManahel www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

#Amnesty #UK Community Platform - open now for ALL those with an interest in #humanrights buff.ly/Hyvx16M

“Football Ignites the World”: new FairSquare report explains how #Saudi #Aramco and #FIFA are driving the climate crisis buff.ly/NTEzy0k

Webinar: Broken Promises: The visa policy that fails migrant domestic workers. buff.ly/ynMD2Sl

#SaudiArabia: help petition to #FreeSadhan reach 20,000 signature target buff.ly/dTfFbn1 We are also pushing #UK #FCDO to arrange welfare visit as he has been 'disappeared' since 2021.

Death sentences and executions 2025 - #deathpenalty buff.ly/PpGDxaw

#SaudiArabia: Release Arbitrarily Detained #British National: Ahmed al-Doush - Amnesty International buff.ly/BpckcxZ #FreeAhmedalDoush

Insight #Myanmar podcast buff.ly/6LIUzF8 #Burma

#Saudi authorities block opposition accounts on #TikTok, #Snapchat, and #Meta, and submit an official request to #X to block opposition accounts - Sanad Organization Better stick with buff.ly/yZ3mCKBhttps...

“If I sell one daughter, I could feed the rest of my children”— #Afghanistan ’s child bride market buff.ly/yYa3qeg

The two year #Hajj pilgrimage: #French national held incommunicado in #SaudiArabia buff.ly/PAYu6Gu

#Russia: #LGBT Rights Groups Further Criminalized buff.ly/umUgJdV

Data analysis of repression patterns in Central Asia reveals a growing trend of targeting multi-dimensional activists. Even when specific arrest details remain obscured, the profile of those at risk is becoming increasingly clear.

#Ukraine: #Russia Illegally Seizing Property in Occupied Areas buff.ly/vg5cSBl

It’s been eight years since veteran Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi was arrested. "Veteran human rights defender re-tried and sentenced to another 25 years" buff.ly/LanT8JO

Post this on x: "Amnesty International calls on the Protection Mechanism (@Mecanismo_MX) to continue guaranteeing the safety and integrity of journalist Alberto Amaro and his family at the next Governing Board, to be held in May. #MatengamosSeguroAmaro #LaVerdadSeProtege "

How #SaudiArabia spending spree reached the end of the line buff.ly/rSAck6Y

Political Prisoner Watch — Live Database of 4,000+ Political Prisoners buff.ly/tyQBCvI

@newcastleaiuk.bsky.social #ImprisonedButNotForgotten

"Happy Birthday!" to Manahel al-Otaibi and Abdulrahman al-Sadhan this Thursday 28th May, both in jail in #SaudiArabia for supporting #humanrights on social media. #imprisonedbutnotforgotten #FreeManahel #FreeSadhan

#CPJ and partners file amicus brief to project encryption from #Pegasus spyware - Committee to Protect Journalists buff.ly/GAdc7vQ

#Journalism is not a crime - Has anyone told #SaudiArabia?

#Myanmar: No Redress for #Rohingya Muslims in Arakan Army Massacre buff.ly/PrU4qUP

#UK agrees £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states bbc.in/4v5boN6 As ever puny #humanrights issues cannot be allowed to get in the way of tacky trade agreements...

Another forthcoming event at #Gateshead Little Theatre - Ludovic Kennedy's play exploring the #deathpenalty

Forthcoming event for #RefugeeWeek on 19 June

#Meta blocks #humanrights accounts from reaching audiences in #SaudiArabia and the #UAE buff.ly/6949nNM#cens... #freedomofspeech

‘#Aramco is selling our sweat and blood’: workers in #WorldCup sponsor’s supply chain faced safety risks in #SaudiArabia, report finds buff.ly/Gh0Di59

Amnesty USA: Join the Fight for Garment Workers’ Rights buff.ly/pjFN8HV

#Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban on #women, claiming rebels use them for first aid buff.ly/t5grkr9

Unfortunately this is a common feature of the #Saudi justice system - political prisoners detained after release date.

Today marks 50 years since the UK ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. These rights shape our everyday lives. But 50 years later, these rights still are not fully protected in UK law. Illustrations by: Edith Ault

... and nothing can be allowed to put conditions on #Saudi trade deals...

#Amnesty #Deathpenalty report 2025 buff.ly/yd7QhjJ

Orthodox Patriarch urges #Ethiopia, #SaudiArabia to halt executions of Ethiopians on death row - Addis Standard buff.ly/ddslsfo #deathpenalty

#Journalism is not a crime...

Cambridge University seeks deal with #Saudi defence ministry despite #humanrights concerns buff.ly/50OMGeQ

#Algeria: Arbitrarily detained poet faces death penalty: write to free Mohamed Tadjadit - Amnesty International buff.ly/e0wpJFP

Abdullah Jelan is a young #Saudi who studied in the #US under a Saudi scholarship program. He has been in jail for five years for his support of #humanrights buff.ly/aYqqCsQ Don't #VisitSaudi

Tell #FIFA & World Cup hosts: no fear, no crackdowns, no excuses buff.ly/84SlCqA #WorldCup2026

The next meeting of our #SaudiArabia Sub Group takes place online next Thursday 21st May. For an invitation with further details, please email us at [email protected] #humanrights