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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 -
Burma: Fact-finding mission is welcome and urgently neededPress release 24 Mar 2017
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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 -
Urgent Action good news: Okinawa activist released on bail after five months
Hiroji Yamashiro, 64 years of age, has been released on bail after five months in detention without being able to see his family. Arrested for his role in protests against new U.S. military construction projects in Okinawa, his next court hearing is…
Urgent action outcomes 21 Mar 2017 -
It's a human right to agitate the 'injustice' systemA year ago I walked out of a Louisiana prison a free man after serving 44 years in solitary confinement.
Blog post 17 Mar 2017 -
Podcast: Albert Woodfox on surviving 44 years in solitaryAlbert Woodfox has endured longer in solitary confinement than anyone else in the US. When he was imprisoned in Louisiana in the 1970s, racism was rife. Albert took a stand - and it cost him. Hear why Albert was punished over the odds and how he survived…
16 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Convicted of screening human rights documentary in Malaysia
Malaysian human rights defender Lena Hendry has been convicted by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate Court for the private screening of the documentary “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”. She faces up to three years imprisonment or a fine of up to…
Urgent action outcomes 13 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Three human rights defenders freed in Sudan
Three human rights defenders Khalafalla A. Mukhtar, Midhat A. Hamdan and Mustafa Adam have been released after being sentenced to time served by a court in Khartoum, Sudan.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender being tortured in Evin, Iran
Iranian prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Arash Sadeghi is being subjected to torture by Revolutionary Guard officials who are blocking his access to urgent medical care.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender's prison sentence upheld in Saudi Arabia
The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh has upheld Saudi Arabian human rights defender Issa al-Hamid’s 11-year prison sentence. It is feared that he could be detained at any time to start serving his sentence. If detained he will be a prisoner of…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Crackdown on human rights defenders continues in Egypt
The El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence was raided by police and shut down on 9 February.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender signs plea bargain in Israel/OPT
Human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience Anas Barghouti has agreed to a plea bargain to avoid prison.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Activists could be charged for exposing torture in Thailand
A decision by the Public Prosecutor on whether to prosecute three human rights defenders on criminal defamation and compu
Urgent action outcomes 20 Feb 2017
