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Aleppo: United Nations monitors must be allowed inPress release 14 Dec 2016
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UA update: Human rights defender faces 11 years in prison in Saudi Arabia
On 1 December, human rights defender Issa al-Hamid’s prison sentence was increased by two years on appeal, bringing his total prison sentence to 11 years. If detained he will be a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender's trial postponed in Israel/OPT
A hearing on 6 December should have been the last opportunity for the Israeli military prosecution to produce the witnesses in the case against Palestinian lawyer – and former prisoner of conscience – Anas Barghouti.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Anti-death penalty activist violently arrested in Iran
Iranian human rights defender and anti-death penalty campaigner Atena Daemi was violently arrested on 26 November and taken to Evin Prison to begin serving a seven-year prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Dec 2016 -
Aleppo: reports of execution-style killings point to war crimesPress release 13 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action: Two Palestinian human rights defenders on trial
Palestinian human rights defenders Farid al-Atrash and Issa Amro face charges in an Israeli military court relating to their rights to freedom of expression and assembly. Both face time in prison if found guilty.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender harassed in Nicaragua
Francisca Ramírez, coordinator of the Council for the Defence of Our Land, Lake and Sovereignty, reported that the Nicaraguan police damaged and took possession of a pickup truck and another truck which she uses for her work, without notice.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Dec 2016 -
UA good news: Detained Kashmiri human rights defender released in India
Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, was released from administrative detention on 30 November, five days after a court ruled his detention under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act arbitrary and illegal.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Dec 2016 -
Syria: over 200 civil society groups condemn United Nations for 'shameful' inactionPress release 01 Dec 2016
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Standing Rock: a major victory for Indigenous people and their rightsFreedom of expression is a human right. But at Standing Rock, North Dakota, it’s under threat. We’re calling on police to respect, protect and fulfil Indigenous people’s right to peaceful protest.
Press release 29 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Spurious charges for human rights defender in Iran
Iranian human rights defender Mansoureh Behkish is facing trumped-up national security charges for peacefully defending the right to truth and justice concerning the mass killings of political prisoners, including her siblings and brother-in-law, during…
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Attempt on the life of peasant farmer in Colombia
An attempt was made on the life of a leader of the La Europa peasant farmer community in northern Colombia, as concern rises about a wave of killings of human rights defenders, including land activists.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Missing lawyer at risk of torture in China
Beijing human rights lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, has not been heard from since 21 November when he was due to board a train to Beijing from Changsha, Hunan.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
António Guterres should use Moscow visit to confront Russia over its unlawful Aleppo attacksPress release 23 Nov 2016
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Yemen: hospitals being terrorised by anti-Houthi forces in Ta'izPress release 23 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Human rights defender in solitary confinement in Malaysia
Maria Chin Abdullah, human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, was arrested on 18 November for organizing a rally on free and fair elections.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Young human right's defender shot dead in Guatemala
Guatemalan human rights defender Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima was assassinated on 12 November. He was the Assistant to the Executive Director of the Guatemalan Centre for Legal, Environmental and Social Action (CALAS).
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Six Trump proposals that must never become policyThere have already been reports of a spike in hate-driven actions and threats. This is not a coincidence - it is further proof that Trump’s irresponsible proposals must never become U.S. policy.
Blog post 12 Nov 2016 -
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.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Syria: fears mount for Aleppo’s beleaguered civiliansPress release 04 Nov 2016
