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Urgent Action update: Juvenille offender's death sentence upheld in Saudi Arabia
An appeal court has upheld the death sentence against Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, a Shi’a man who was convicted of offences committed when he was 16 years old. The court appears to have based its sentence on forced “confessions”.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Congress rejects regressive abortion reform in Dominican Republic
On 11 July, the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Congress voted to reject proposed reforms to the Criminal Code that failed to decriminalize abortion in limited circumstances and continued to violate the rights of women and girls.
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Alan Duncan's remarks on Turkey arrests welcome, now UK must join call for releasePress release 19 Jul 2017
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Bahrain: terrorism charges against human rights activist Ebtisam al-Saegh condemnedPress release 19 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action: Amendments threatening rights in Poland must be stopped
Two legislative amendments that would undermine the right to an effective remedy and the right to a fair trial have been adopted by the Polish Parliament on 15 July. It is now in the hands of the President to refuse to sign these amendments.
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Lebanon: thousands at risk as prime minister announces Arsal security operationPress release 18 Jul 2017
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The fight for Syria chemical attack justice continuesOver 40,000 of you signed our petition urging the UN to investigate the horrific chemical attack that killed more than 80 people.
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Turkey: Jailing of activists, including Amnesty director, a crushing blow for rightsPress release 18 Jul 2017
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Mansour's fight for justice'Now, the tables are turned. He is wanted for crimes against humanity. It was a moment I’d waited for a very long time.' Read about Mansour's fight to bring Syria's war criminals to justice.
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Urgent Action update: Woman convicted under unfair anti-abortion law in El Salvador
While Salvadoran legislators have, for months, been postponing the debate on the Criminal Code reform that would decriminalize abortion, another rape survivor has been sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for having suffered pregnancy-related…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Leopoldo López moved to ‘house arrest’ in Venezuela
Venezuelan prisoner of conscience Leopoldo López was transferred from prison to his house in Caracas, the capital, on 8 July, where he will continue to serve his sentence.
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Urgent Action update: Kachin pastors face additional charge in Myanmar
Dumdaw Nawng Lat and Langjaw Gam Seng are facing an additional charge of defamation for speaking to media about human rights violations committed by the Myanmar Army.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Ten years in prison for human rights defender in Vietnam
Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, also known as blogger Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom), was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment on 29 June 2017 for “conducting propaganda” against the state under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Reveal whereabouts of four Kurdish men in Iran
Four men from Iran’s Kurdish minority have been subjected to enforced disappearance since their arrests on 23 and 24 June.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Defenders end hunger strike, release secure in Cuba
Siblings and human rights defenders Anairis Miranda Leyva, Adairis Miranda Leyva and Fidel Manuel Batista Leyva ended the hunger strike they began on 8 June after being harassed and intimidated in Cuba following their conditional release from prison.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Aliaksei Mikhalenya at risk of imminent execution in Belarus
Aliaksei Mikhalenya was sentenced to death by the Homel Regional Court, in southeast Belarus, on 17 March. His sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court on 30 June and he is now at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: New sentence against human rights defender in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience, Nabeel Rajab, was sentenced to two years in prison on 10 July by a Bahraini court, and was convicted of “publishing and disseminating rumours and false news relating to the internal situation in the country” in relation to TV…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Bahraini prisoner of conscience in detention
On 24 May, the Bahraini Court of Appeal halved the prison sentence of Dr. Taha al-Dirazi from six to three months. He was immediately arrested to begin serving the sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Senate to vote on weakened draft abortion law in Chile
The Chilean Senate has begun discussing a proposed law aimed at decriminalizing abortion under specific circumstances, and is set to vote on the law next week.
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Urgent Action update: De-facto authorities deny holding journalist in UkraineUrgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017
