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Urgent Action update: Ghada Jamsheer to plead for early release in Bahrain
Bahraini women’s rights activist Ghada Jamsheer, a prisoner of conscience serving the remainder of a 10-month prison sentence, is due in court on 7 November.
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Urgent Action update: Two siblings sentenced to 5 and 7 years in prison in UAE
On 31 October, the Supreme Federal Court in the United Arab Emirates issued its verdict against Amina ‘Abdouli and her brother Mos’ab ‘Abdouli, sentencing them to five and seven years in prison respectively.
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Kirkuk, Iraq: Kurdish authorities bulldoze hundreds of Arab homes in anti-ISIS reprisals - new briefingPress release 07 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Librarian's trial started in Moscow
Natalya Sharina’s trial began on 2 November and if convicted, she will face up to ten years in prison. Natalya Sharina is a prisoner of conscience and must be released immediately and unconditionally.
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Urgent Action: Prisoner denied treatment for filing a complaint in Iran
Prisoner of conscience Maryam Akbari Monfared, who is serving a 15-year sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison, is being denied access to medical treatment.
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Bahrain: briefing ahead of Prince Charles’ visitPress release 07 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Two human rights defenders on trial in Saudi Arabia
Two co-founders of a Saudi Arabian human rights organization are on trial before the counter-terror court on charges related to their human rights work.
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Turkey: Kurdish opposition arrests 'ominous'Press release 04 Nov 2016
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Syria conflict: Voices from AleppoTeachers, medics, rescue workers... the people trapped in eastern Aleppo live in constant fear. These are their stories.
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Pakistan: Sharbat Gula deportation 'cruel'Press release 04 Nov 2016
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Venezuelan authorities deny medical care to severely-ill jailed opposition leaderPress release 04 Nov 2016
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Kenya: Court case to stop closure of Dadaab refugee camps starts Monday 7 NovemberPress release 04 Nov 2016
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Syria: fears mount for Aleppo’s beleaguered civiliansPress release 04 Nov 2016
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Canada: energy sector development in British Columbia putting indigenous women at risk - new reportPress release 03 Nov 2016
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Russia: Moscow authorities blocking attempts to resolve Amnesty office closure disputePress release 03 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Further probes ordered into Nabeel Rajab's case in Bahrain
Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab’s verdict has been postponed once again. The High Criminal Court has scheduled the next hearing for 15 December to allow further investigations into his Twitter account.
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Urgent Action: Three activists face harassment and risk arrest in Vietnam
Three human rights defenders engaged in activism relating to an ecological disaster in Vietnam are facing severe harassment, including public denunciations, prosecution and death threats.
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UA update: One G20 journalist remains in detention as fifth is released in China
One of the citizen journalists detained for covering protests prior to the G20 summit, Yuan Ying, was released on 27 October and sources have attributed international pressure, including action taken by Amnesty International, to her release.
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Urgent Action: Young people arrested after publishing video in Venezuela
Andrés Moreno Febres-Cordero, Marco Trejo, James Mathison and César Cuellar were arrested at the end of September for producing a video for the opposition party Primero Justicia.
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Urgent Action update: Activist's prison sentence reduced to 3 years in Bahrain
On 26 October the five years prison sentence against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas Mahdi Mohamed was reduced to three years by Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016
