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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: 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: Six activists in China detained for Liu Xiaobo memorial
Wei Xiaobing, He Lin, Liu Guangxiao, Li Shujia, Wang Meiju and Qin Mingxin have been criminally detained on suspicion of “assembling a crowd to disturb social order” after they held a seaside memorial for deceased Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in…
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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 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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Israel: Plans to shut down Al Jazeera 'a brazen attack on media freedom'Press release 07 Aug 2017
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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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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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Manus Island: Tragic death of refugee should have been preventedPress 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.
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Burma: Authorities must avoid further 'scorched-earth' tactics after Rakhine killingsPress release 04 Aug 2017
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Foreign Office minister should raise plight of jailed UK nationals during visit to IranPress release 04 Aug 2017
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Catastrophe for refugees and migrants once again beckons in the Central MediterraneanAs the Italian Government makes the cruel decision to send warships to assist the coastguard in returning people to Libya, we need to demand that EU leaders instead make saving lives the priority.
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Kenya: 'brutal' murder of election official raises fears over voter safetyPress release 03 Aug 2017
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Nicaragua: Secretive canal deal threatens thousands with forced evictionPress release 03 Aug 2017
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London Memorial for Liu Xiaobo three weeks after his passingBlog post 02 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action good news: All 28 men suspected of being gay released in Bangladesh
The five remaining men still being held on bail, of the 28 who were arrested at a social event outside of Dhaka, were released on 21 July 2017.
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Urgent Action update: Detained journalist facing imminent deportation in Russia
On 1 August, the Moscow Basmanniy Court ruled that journalist and LGBTI activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (also known as Ali Feruz) must be forcibly returned from Russia to Uzbekistan.
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Maldives must halt plans to carry out first executions in more than 60 yearsPress release 02 Aug 2017
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Russia: 'near-lethal' deportation of gay journalist Ali Feruz must be haltedPress release 02 Aug 2017
