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Urgent Action good news: Bangladeshi journalist released
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist who was arrested on 16 April, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prominent Chinese blogger claims abuse in detention
Lu Yuyu told his lawyer that he had been beaten by police officers and is suffering from sleep deprivation.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Spit hoods: 'Relieved' at Met Police decision to 'put brakes on' rolloutPress release 06 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Mir Quasem Ali, a senior member of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 3 September. The Supreme Court rejected his review petition on 30 August and he did not seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
What do you want to say to Theresa May?On Saturday 17 September, thousands will gather march through the streets of London to send the Prime Minister a clear message: we must do more to help refugees. But if you can’t make it, we’ll put your message of solidarity on a placard and take it with…
Blog post 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained pastor on hunger strike since 8 August in Vietnam
Pastor Nguyễn Công Chính is a Vietnamese prisoner of conscience serving an 11-year sentence. He has been on hunger strike since 8 August in protest at abusive treatment, denial of rights and lack of response to complaints by officials. He is in poor…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Opposition leader faces imminent execution in Bangladesh
The Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal of Mir Quasem Ali and upheld his death sentence. The only remaining avenue available to him is to seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Thirteen anti-slavery activists convicted in Mauritania
13 Mauritanian anti-slavery activists who are members of the anti-slavery organization Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA) have been sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Health concern for British-Algerian journalist in Algeria
British-Algerian freelance journalist Mohamed Tamalt is currently in intensive care. He fell into a coma over a week ago.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Omid Kokabee granted conditional release in Iran
Iranian physicist Omid Kokabee, who was on medical leave following his surgery for advanced kidney cancer, has been granted conditional release.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Student activist arrested for facebook posts in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been arrested in Rajshahi in Bangladesh after making two Facebook posts criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Omani prisoner of conscience released
Omani prisoner of conscience Saeed Jaddad was released from prison on 26 August, having served nine months of a one-year prison sentence under Oman’s cybercrimes law for a blog he wrote in October 2014.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Spit hoods 'little more than glorified sack' which can be 'cruel and dangerous'Press release 06 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action good news: Egyptian human rights defender Malek Adly released
Human rights defender Malek Adly has been released on 28 August after he spent 115 days in detention. The court did not set bail as a condition of his release but required him to specify a place of residence as he faces an ongoing criminal investigation.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty supports Lord Chief Justice’s call on legacy inquestsPress release 05 Sep 2016
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G20 "burden sharing" call on refugee crisis hypocriticalPress release 05 Sep 2016
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'Farcical' that Russian blogger faces five years in jail for playing Pokémon Go in a churchPress release 05 Sep 2016
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Uzbekistan: President Karimov's death unlikely to improve human rightsPress release 02 Sep 2016
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Team Refugees make history at Rio 2016This summer, for the first time ever, ten refugee athletes competed on the world’s stage at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Resource pack: Lift Off (Irish)Ten lessons in Irish to build knowledge of human rights issues, drawing on skills and attitudes developed by The Right Start.
Lesson plan, Resource pack, Primary education resources, Teaching resource 02 Sep 2016
