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Urgent Action: Crackdown on Formosa spill activists continues in Vietnam
The Vietnamese authorities are continuing to crackdown on activists who have raised concerns about the 2016 Formosa environmental disaster and its aftermath.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist detained incommunicado for 17 days in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Ali Shaaban has been detained incommunicado since 15 May, raising fears that he might be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He may be a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in Sudan facing death penalty
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is now facing six charges two of which may result in the death penalty or life imprisonment if he is convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender's sentence upheld in Cuba
A Provincial Court upheld a three-year prison sentence against human rights defender Eduardo Cardet who continues to be held in the Provincial Prison of Holguín, south-east Cuba.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
China: Release activists detained for investigating abuses at factories making Ivanka Trump shoesPress release 31 May 2017
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Urgent Action: Defenders’ home invaded, safety at risk in Venezuela
Unidentified persons broke into the residence of Venezuelan human rights defenders Yonaide Sánchez and Nelson Freitez.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender harassed in Venezuela
Authorities forcibly searched the home of human rights defender Ehisler Vásquez and prosecutors threatened to indict him when he requested information on the reason for the search.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017 -
Killings of human rights activists nearly doubled in a year - new report and campaignPress release 16 May 2017
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China: Human rights lawyer released on bail as relentless crackdown continuesPress release 10 May 2017
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Urgent Action update: Jailed Iranian human rights defender in poor health
Following 31 days of hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison, Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi is in poor health, and requires immediate hospitalization.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian human rights defender on hunger strike
Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi has been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison since 8 April. She is protesting the suspended prison sentences imposed on two of her sisters, Hanieh and Ensieh, for “insulting public officers on duty”.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defenders' lives in danger in HaitiHuman rights defenders David Boniface and Juders Ysemé fear for their lives following the sudden death of their colleague, Nissage Martyr, one day after service of a lawsuit filed by the three men in the US for grave human rights violations against Jean…
Urgent action outcomes 18 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Opposition activists arbitrarily held in Sudan
Three political opposition activists are being held in prolonged detention without charge following their arrests in Khartoum by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) between January and February 2017. They are being detained…
Urgent action outcomes 18 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Detained human rights lawyer location unknown in ChinaXie Yang, a human rights lawyer detained since the government crackdown in 2015, has been transferred to an unknown location and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be immediately and unconditionally…
Urgent action outcomes 12 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defenders of water at risk in Chile
Members of the Defence Movement of Earth, Environmental Protection and Access to Water are facing death threats because of their work defending the right to water in Petorca Province, central Chile.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Environmental defender intimidated in Guatemala
On the night of 3 April, unidentified people situated in front of human rights defender Rafael Maldonado’s house in Guatemala City, shot at a car nearby. Although he was unharmed, the defender believes the incident was intended to intimidate him and is…
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights lawyer receiving death threats in Myanmar
Human rights lawyer Robert Sann Aung has been receiving death threats and insulting messages since the assassination of another prominent lawyer in Myanmar.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Prisoners of conscience on hunger strike in Cuba
Two days after Fidel Castro’s death, a family of four human rights defenders were arrested in Holguín, south-east Cuba. They received a one-year sentence, and the three siblings are currently on hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Growing health concerns for prominent activist in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab has been held in solitary confinement for nine months, with growing concerns about the effect it is having on his health and well-being.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender's whereabouts unknown in UAE
Prominent Emirati human rights defender and blogger Ahmed Mansoor was arrested at his home in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 20 March. His whereabouts are unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Mar 2017
