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Urgent Action update: Severely-ill Iranian Kurdish woman denied care
Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian, serving a life sentence, is severely ill and requires specialized medical care outside prison. However, the authorities have persistently refused to transfer her to a hospital, apparently to punish her and extract…
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2017 -
Syria: Tens of thousands of disappeared must not be forgottenPress release 29 Aug 2017
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Finland must protect trans rights29 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action: Urban artist at risk in CubaAfter being arbitrarily detained on 17 August, Yulier Perez, a graffiti artist known for painting dilapidated walls in Havana, is at risk of being imprisoned again, after months of intimidation and harassment from authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Arkansas governor to commute death sentence in USA
On 25 August, the Governor of Arkansas announced his intent to commute the death sentence of Jason McGehee, who had been scheduled for execution on 27 April, when he received a stay from a federal judge, and the parole board recommended clemency. The…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Palestinian university professor released by Israeli authoritiesUrgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action good news: Governor of Missouri stays execution and orders inquiry in USA
On 22 August, the governor of Missouri issued a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams who was due to be put to death later that day. The governor will appoint a Board of Inquiry to review the case and make a recommendation on clemency.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Abortion decriminalized in Chile
Chile’s Constitutional Tribunal has ruled in favour of decriminalizing abortion under three specific circumstances. This is an important step toward ensuring the protection of women and girls’ human rights across the country.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Website founder faces an additional charge in China
Formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” in December 2016, Liu Feiyue, founder and director of Hubei-based human rights website “Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch” (www.msguancha.com), is to face an additional charge of “leaking state…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Two activists freed and one still detained in Sudan
Elwaleed Imam Hassan Taha and Alaa Aldin al-Difana have been released from the custody of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) without charge. A third activist, Elgassim Mohamed Seed Ahmed, remains in detention pending further…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Protester released after serving full sentence in Crimea
Crimean Tatar protestor Server Karametov was released from police custody in Simferopol, Crimea on 19 August after serving his full 10-day sentence. He was arrested on 8 August while engaging in a peaceful protest outside Crimea’s Supreme Court.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Sudanese doctor released without charge in Sudan
Dr. Mohamed Yasin Abdalla, the chairperson of the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD), has been released without charge. He was arrested on 22 April in Khartoum by National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) agents and detained at the…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Six activists commemorating Liu Xiaobo in China released
Six activists who were criminally detained in July 2017, after taking part in a seaside memorial for Liu Xiaobo in Jiangmen, Guangdong province, have all been released on bail. While still subjected to some restrictions, they have all been returned to…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Governments out of touch on refugees, World Economic Forum survey revealsPress release 28 Aug 2017
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Trump’s military transgender policy is cruel and discriminatoryPress release 26 Aug 2017
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Florida conducts first execution in a year and a halfPress release 25 Aug 2017
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Florida execution machine kills againAlthough much of the US has turned against the death penalty and Florida governor Rick Scott promised ‘bold, positive change’, the state just conducted its first judicial killing in eighteen months.
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South Africa: 'hideous' coffin assault case must spur government action on hate crimePress release 25 Aug 2017
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Burma: Rakhine attacks mark 'a dangerous escalation in violence'Press release 25 Aug 2017
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Yemen: UN must respond as five children killed in night of horrorPress release 25 Aug 2017
