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Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience requires medical care in Venezuela
Prisoner of conscience Rosmit Mantilla was scheduled to undergo surgery on 31 October, however, despite a court order, agents of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service have taken him back to prison, where he was placed in a punishment cell while…
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
UA good news: 267 homes face no further threat of evictions in Nigeria
The Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KASUPDA) has not effected 21 day demolition notices issued on 12 August 2015 to 267 houses in communities in Zaria City, including Kofan Doka, Kofan Kibo and Anguwan Alkali.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: 17 Angolan youth activists granted amnesty
The 17 Angolan youth activists arrested, detained and convicted for attending a meeting to discuss politics and governance concerns in the country were granted amnesty by the Supreme Court on 16 September.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist beaten for protest in India
Police in Chhattisgarh, a state in Central India, used batons to beat detained journalist Santosh Yadav and seven other prisoners for protesting against the quality of food served in the Jagdalpur central jail.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Lawyer and family threatened and harrased in Azerbaijan
Prominent lawyer Elchin Sadigov was threatened by an official from the Ministry of the Interior for exposing torture of his client on 2 November.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Unfairly charged lawyer risks imprisonment in Thailand
Human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri (also known as June) faces an unfair trial in a military court together with 14 peaceful student activists she legally represented in June 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Nigerian to be executed for drug trafficking in Singapore
The execution of Nigerian national Chijioke Stephen Obioha has been set for 18 November. He was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and was given the mandatory death sentence. A new clemency application is pending before the President.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Six Trump proposals that must never become policyThere have already been reports of a spike in hate-driven actions and threats. This is not a coincidence - it is further proof that Trump’s irresponsible proposals must never become U.S. policy.
Blog post 12 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Massive crackdown on media in Turkey
Nine journalists and board members of the opposition daily Cumhuriyet were imprisoned pending trial on 4 November. At least 112 journalists and other media workers have been remanded in pre-trial detention since the 15 July coup attempt and the…
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Egypt: freeze on torture rehabilitation centre's bank account 'cruel blow'Press release 10 Nov 2016
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Mosul operation: Iraqi forces reportedly tortured and killed villagers 'in cold blood'Press release 10 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Jailed Iranian artist brothers on hunger strike
Iranian artists Mehdi Rajabian and Hossein Rajabian have started a second hunger strike on 28 October in protest at their continued detention.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Trump election win: poisonous rhetoric must not become US government policyPresident elect Donald Trump must abide by the United States’ obligations on human rights, at home and abroad
Press release 09 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bahrani opposition leader's retrial date set
On 17 October the Cassation Court rejected the Appeal Court’s decision to extend the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman’s prison sentence from four to nine years and ordered his retrial before the Appeal Court.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
UA update: Trial adjourned, medical exam insisted for release in Egypt
A Cairo court adjourned to 19 November the trial of Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid (“Shawkan”). He faces trumped-up charges and risks the death penalty if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Activists fined for peaceful protest in Singapore
Three activists have been convicted for organising a peaceful protest in 2014 and have been ordered by the court to pay substantial fines.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Disclose whereabouts of ten arrested doctors in Sudan
The whereabouts of ten medical doctors remain unknown after being arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence Service (NISS) between 30 October and 6 November. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
That MoU with the Chinese companies…Blog post 08 Nov 2016
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Northern Ireland politicians call for release of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa jailed in EgyptPress release 08 Nov 2016
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Sierra Leone: Pregnancy ban in schools threatening teenage girls' futuresPress release 08 Nov 2016
