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Urgent Action update: Forcibly returned activist in China held incommunicado
Dong Guangping’s court hearing scheduled for April 2017 has been cancelled by authorities with no reason provided.
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Urgent Action: Extreme risk of violence for refugees of Australia on Manus Island
Australia’s offshore detention and processing policy on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG), amounts to the systematic abuse of hundreds of individuals.
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Urgent Action update: Persecution of gay men in Chechnya resumes
According to a Russian LGBT Network report published in July, the persecution of gay men in Chechnya has resumed. The Chechen authorities continue to deny that gay people even exist in Chechnya.
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Kenya: police must not use force or firearms to break up peaceful protestsPress release 09 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action good news: Russia drops case against rights defender
The criminal case against prominent Russian human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko for “violation of ‘foreign agents’ law” was closed on 19 June due to an “absence of the elements of the crime”.
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Russia: continued detention of gay journalist is 'disgraceful'Press release 09 Aug 2017
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Iran set to hang juvenile offender in less than 24 hoursPress release 09 Aug 2017
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Update: Alireza TajikiAlireza Tajiki was just 16 years old when he was sentenced to death. He is now 21 and about to be executed in the next few hours. Join us to demand the Iranian authorities stop his execution immediately.
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Democratic Republic of Congo: block on social media images is 'attack' on free expressionPress release 08 Aug 2017
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Cambodia: Conviction of human rights activist Tep Vanny upheldPress release 08 Aug 2017
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Laura Mvula, Tom Odell, Hozier and more join Ed Sheeran in 'Give A Home' gigsPress release 08 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action good news: Syrian-Kurdish opposition activist released
Syrian-Kurdish opposition activist Mohsen Taher was released from Allaya prison in Qamishli, north-eastern Syria, on 29 July.
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Urgent Action good news: Egyptian prisoner of conscience released
Human rights defender Tarek Hussein was released on 27 July. After being arbitrarily detained for 40 days, the former prisoner of conscience has now joined his family.
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Urgent Action update: Judicial reforms in Poland must not threaten fair trial
On 24 July President Duda vetoed two of the three controversial legislative amendments regarding judicial reforms but signed a third amendment.
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Urgent Action update: Falun Gong practitioner indefinitely detained in China
A judge has asked the prosecutor to collect further evidence for the trial of Falun Gong practitioner, Chen Huixia, for her indictment of “using an evil cult to undermine law enforcement”.
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Urgent Action update: Crimean rights defender in Ukraine to appear in court
The pre-trial investigation into the case of Crimean Tatar human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku, falsely accused of membership in an alleged terrorist organisation in Crimea, has now concluded.
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Urgent Action update: Syrian human rights defender executed
On 1 August, the family of Syrian-Palestinian human rights activist Bassel Khartabil Safadi received the news that he was extrajudicially executed in October 2015.
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Manus Island: Tragic death of refugee should have been preventedPress release 07 Aug 2017
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Israel: Plans to shut down Al Jazeera 'a brazen attack on media freedom'Press release 07 Aug 2017
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Amnesty International Freedom of Expression AwardFor more than 15 years, our Freedom of Expression Award has honoured an Edinburgh Festival Fringe theatre production of excellent artistic merit that builds understanding and raises awareness about human rights in an inspirational way.
07 Aug 2017
