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Urgent Action update: Chinese activists still at risk of torture in detention
The whereabouts of two missing activists, Tang Zhishun and Xing Qingxian, are finally known after their family members revealed arrest notices dated 4 May.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Journalist Khadija freed in Azerbaijan, after being blackmailed and unjustly imprisoned by her governmentAfter a year and a half behind bars for her investigative journalism, Khadija Ismayilova has been released years earlier than expected. She had been due to spend seven and a half years in prison but was freed on bail after a Court review. Khadija's…
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Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 10 May in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Omani writer released without charge
Omani writer, journalist and human rights activist Sulaiman al-Ma’mari was released without charge on 19 May, following 22 days detained in solitary confinement.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Stateless lawyer at imminent risk of expulsion in Bahrain
Bahraini lawyer, Taimoor Karimi, was stripped of his nationality in 2012 and has been effectively rendered stateless.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Iranian businessman in long-term solitary confinement
Lebanese national and permanent US resident Nizar Zakka has been held in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison since his arrest on 18 September 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Rights defender facing criminal prosecution in Russia
Prominent human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko has been repeatedly summoned by an investigator and may become the first to be criminally prosecuted under the “foreign agents law”.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Dr Nasser Bin Ghaith charged, case adjourned in UAE
Dr Nasser bin Ghaith appeared before the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi on 2 May. His case has been adjourned until 23 May.
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Urgent Action: Health concern for detained Bangladeshi journalist
Eighty-one-year-old Bangladeshi journalist and editor Shafik Rehman is in poor health in Kashimpur Central Jail outside of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Poor prison condition for Papuan activist in Indonesia
A Papuan political activist arrested on 5 April as a result of his peaceful political activities has been suffering from chest pain and frequent headaches due to poor detention conditions.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Look refugees in the eye: Poignant video experiment breaks down barriersPress release 24 May 2016
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Saudi Arabia-led coalition has used UK-manufactured cluster bombs in Yemen - new evidencePress release 23 May 2016
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Remembrance and Resistance – 27th Anniversary of TiananmenBlog post 23 May 2016
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Justice for Darya Poliudova in Russia23 May 2016
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Queen's Speech surge as petition to keep the Human Rights Act tops 100,000Press release 20 May 2016
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Urgent Action: British-Iranian charity worker detained in Iran
British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has been detained in an undisclosed detention centre in Kerman, southern Iran, since 3 April
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Urgent Action Update: Chinese activist in dire need of adequate medical care
Yang Maodong started a hunger strike on 9 May to protest his humiliating and threatening treatment by the authorities
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained for stating intention to attend a rally in Kazakhstan
At least 24 people have been arrested since 17 May in different parts of Kazakhstan and have been sentenced to administrative detention
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2016
