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Urgent Action: Palestinian boy's administrative order renewed in Israel/OPT
17-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Azmi Abdurrahman Hanatsheh was arrested by Israeli forces on 1 August 2016. He was initially placed under a six month administrative detention order, which was renewed by a further two months on 31 January.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Man arrested at 17 faces imminent execution in Iran
The execution of Hamid Ahmadi, an Iranian man arrested when he was just 17 years old, has been rescheduled for 18 February. He continues to be held in solitary confinement in Lakan prison in the city of Rasht, northern Iran, further exacerbating his…
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
India: Minister's claim to have ordered torture must be investigatedPress release 14 Feb 2017
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Bahrain at 'tipping point' as crackdown continuesPress release 14 Feb 2017
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Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian writer Nazeer al-Majed has been held in incommunicado detention since 18 January after being sentenced by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh to seven years in prison. He is a prisoner of conscience at risk of torture and ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Trans man and daughter threatened by police in Venezuela
Transgender lawyer Samantha Seijas was threatened by a police officer from the Aragua Police Force, in central Venezuela, while filing a complaint in a police station accompanied by his daughter. Fears exist for their safety.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Algerian journalist Hassan Bouras released
Algerian journalist Hassan Bouras was released on 17 January after his sentence was reduced to a six-month suspended prison term on appeal.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
End Action Algeria: Journalist Mohamed Tamalt dies in detention in Algeria
British-Algerian freelance journalist Mohamed Tamalt, 41, died in custody, on 11 December 2016, in Mohamed Lamine Debaghine University Hospital in Bab El Oued, Algiers, over 5 months after his arrest.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
Just one unaccompanied child refugee brought to Northern Ireland under Dubs schemePress release 10 Feb 2017
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Syria: President Assad should provide information on mass hangingsPress release 10 Feb 2017
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USA: Trump's possible suspension of conflict minerals law is 'shameless' proposalPress release 10 Feb 2017
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Egypt: closure of renowned torture rehabilitation centre is 'shocking'Press release 09 Feb 2017
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Urgent Action update: Four activists released but still charged in Indonesia
Hiskia Meage, Emanuel Ukago, Panus Hesegem and William Wim, detained for peaceful political demonstrations on 19 December 2016 in Manado, North Sulawesi, have been released by the police. They are still being charged with rebellion (makar) and could face…
Urgent action outcomes 09 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: One freed, heavy sentences for three others in Sudan
Kuwa Shumal A. Zumam was set free by the court on 2 January after the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to sustain the charges against him. Petr Jezek was sentenced to life imprisonment on 29 January, while Hassan A. Kodi and Abdulmonem…
Urgent action outcomes 09 Feb 2017 -
Kenya: Historic ruling blocks closure of Dadaab refugee campPress release 09 Feb 2017
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Nazanin: A letter to my daughterNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker, was at the airport returning to the UK when she was detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and put in an Iranian prison. This is a translated version a letter Nazanin wrote to her daughter…
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UPDATE: Hamid Ahmadi's execution has been stayed!Hamid Ahmadi is facing execution on Saturday 18 February for a crime he was charged with as a teenager - after being tortured in to a 'confession'. Tell Iran: don't execute Hamid Ahmadi.
Blog post 09 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Crimean lawyer released but still at risk in Ukraine
Human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov was released on 5 February in Simferopol, Crimea, having served 10 days in administrative detention to which he was sentenced as reprisal for his human rights work. Kurbedinov vowed to continue his work.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Activist still held despite rejected indictment in Turkey
Fashion designer and LGBTI activist Barbaros Şansal remains in pre-trial detention since 3 January for allegedly ‘inciting the public to hatred or hostility’, despite a court rejecting the indictment drawn up in his case. He must be freed immediately and…
Urgent action outcomes 09 Feb 2017
