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Urgent Action update: Health risks for detainee in isolation for 232 days in Morocco
Following seven months of prolonged solitary confinement, Ali Aarrass' health condition has critically deteriorated. He is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence in Tifelt II Local Prison.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Australia: Compensation deal must lead to safe resettlement for refugeesPress release 14 Jun 2017
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More in Common: Refugee Week and The Great Get TogetherLet's celebrate what we have in common - not what divides us
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Urgent Action good news: Torture survivor released in Chechnya
Murad Amriev was handed over to Russian law enforcement officers at 3am on 9 June after having been returned from Belarus where he unsuccessfully attempted to claim asylum. He has been released on bail on condition that he does not leave Chechnya.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: NGO leader charged under 'foreign agents’ law in Russian Federation
On 2 June, prominent Russian human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko was officially charged with “malicious evasion from performance of duties” under the “foreign agents” law.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Release Chechen man returned to Russia
Chechen torture survivor Murad Amriev was handed over to the Russian authorities by Belarusian police at 3am on 9 June in what amounts to a rendition.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Northern Ireland: Mother and Baby Home victims call for public inquiryPress release 14 Jun 2017
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Gaza: slashed power supply to Gaza risks a humanitarian catastrophePress release 14 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action update: Student activists on trial by military court in ThailandJatupat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa and six other law students from Khon Kaen University are on trial at a military court for taking part in a peaceful demonstration on 22 May 2015, the first anniversary of a military coup in Thailand.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Release Amnesty International Chair Taner Kılıç detained in Turkey
Chair of Amnesty International Turkey Taner Kılıç was detained on 6 June, wrongly accused of membership of the “Fethullahist Terrorist Organization”. On 9 June he has been remanded in pre-trial detention. The charges against him must be dropped and he…
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Malawi: new wave of killings and attacks against people with albinismPress release 13 Jun 2017
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Tunisia: man jailed for smoking during RamadanPress release 13 Jun 2017
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Hungary: New NGO law a 'vicious and calculated' assault on civil societyPress release 13 Jun 2017
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UN highlights the shame of Ireland's harsh abortion lawsPress release 13 Jun 2017
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USA: after another court defeat, Trump should drop 'discriminatory' Muslim travel banPress release 12 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action: Torture survivor at risk of arbitrary detention in Russian Federation
Torture survivor, Murad Amriev, lodged a complaint against his torturers in Chechnya, and is currently at risk of being detained and escorted to Chechnya were he would be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Three charges against journalist dropped in Madagascar
Fernand Cello, a Malagasy investigative journalist, has had three charges which were related to his journalism work dropped. These charges were related to his journalism work. He is also now receiving the medical care he needs.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabian activist held incommunicado
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Mohammad al-Otaibi has been detained incommunicado in Saudi Arabia since 28 May, after he was deported from Qatar. He is a prisoner of conscience and at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Journalists cleared of criminal defamation in Timor-Leste
On 1 June, a Dili court cleared Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Vicente Martins of all charges against them. The two Timorese journalists were on trial on criminal “defamatory false information” charges filed by Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister in 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017
