Youth Urgent Action network

This month we are campaigning for:

Who: Chen Guangcheng
Where: China, Shandong Province
What: Arbitrary detention without access to medical care
DOWNLOAD: Case sheet (pdf)

What is the Youth Urgent Action network? We are a team of activists aged 11-18 who take rapid action to protect individuals at risk and end human rights violations wherever and whenever they occur.

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Are you aged 7 - 11? The Junior Urgent Action network is for you!

Updates on previous youth urgent action cases

Your work has already helped to make a real difference to individuals at risk around the world - check out the latest news about the cases you have campaigned for this year (pdf)

You can also find the latest updates on cases below - please note these pages you will link to are not specially written for the Youth Urgent Action network.

	Who: Peace Community of San José de Apartadó Latest updates Where: Colombia What: Community under constant threat of violence. DOWNLOAD: Case sheet (pdf) \| Consent form for under-14's (pdf) \| Consent form for over 14's (pdf) \| Message of solidarity (Spanish) (pdf)
	Who: Ramze Shihab Ahmed Latest case updates Where: Iraq What: Detained in Iraq without charge or trial since 2009. Case sheet (pdf)
	Who: Johan Teterissa Where: Indonesia What: 15 year sentence for peaceful protest. Latest case updates
	UPDATE 6 SEPTEMBER: freed but then threatened Following his acquittal and release from prison on 27 August, Raúl and his fellow activists have been threatened and are in serious danger. More Where: Mexico \| What: Imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit
	Who: Patrick Okoroafor Where: Nigeria What: More than half a lifetime in prison Latest case updates \| Special youth update (pdf)
	Who: Ferhat Gerçek Where: Turkey What: Shot by police and left paralysed Latest case updates
	Who: Mohamed El Sharkawi Where: Egypt What: Detained without trial since 1995 Latest case updates
	Who: Hakamada Iwao Where: Japan What: On death row for 41 years 29 in solitary confinement Case sheet (pdf) \| Japanese slogan (pdf) \| Free Hakamada Flickr group
	Who: Claudina Velásquez Where: Guatemala What: Flaws in investigation into student's murder Latest updates
	WHO: Artsyom Dubski WHERE: Belarus WHAT: Peaceful protestor imprisoned Latest updates
	WHO: Ferhat Gerçek and Engin Çeber WHERE: Turkey WHAT: Teenager shot by police; Protestor's death in police custody Latest updates \| See people across the world taking this action
	WHO: Ernestina and Erlinda Serrano Cruz WHERE: El Salvador WHAT: 'Disappeared' when they were children Latest case updates
	Who: Sergei Gurgurov Where: Moldova, Eastern Europe What: Disabled by torture by police Latest case updates
	Who: Francois-Xavier Byuma Where: Rwanda What: Unfair trial Latest case updates
	Who: Zeng Jinyan Where: China What: Solidarity action Latest case updates

Do urgent actions work?

YES! Rebiya Kadeer, ex-Prisoner of conscience, China, released from prison in 2005 after 6 years in detention said:

"I don't believe that I would be alive today without the support of AI...Thanks to the many thousands of letters written by AI members, my detention conditions changed, I could see my children once a month and I received medical treatment. The support of AI gave me back my inner strength."

Of course, Amnesty rarely works alone on cases - these positive developments are often the result of the hard work and pressure applied by many organisations and individuals both within the country concerned and overseas.

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Youth Urgent Action network

This month we are campaigning for:

Updates on previous youth urgent action cases

Do urgent actions work?