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Crackdown in Turkey suffocating civil societyLGBTI+ activists are being forced underground, victims of sexual violence and other vulnerable groups have lost vital support, and citizens who peacefully express their views are being silenced by the Turkish government.
22 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Detained for addressing sexual harassment in Egypt
Egyptian authorities ordered the pre-trial detention of woman human rights defender Amal Fathy for a total of 30 days.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Five activists arrested for organising protests in Niger
Five activists were arrested between 15 and 25 April in Niger.
Urgent action outcomes 21 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Men convicted for exercising freedom of speech in Somaliland
Two men have been convicted for publicly exercising their rights to the freedom of expression.
Urgent action outcomes 21 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Serious health concerns for prisoner of conscience in Vietnam
Trần Anh Kim's health is deteriorating and according to his wife, “may not survive his lengthy imprisonment”
Urgent action outcomes 21 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Activist held immediately after returning home in Zambia
Fumba Chama, known as Pilato, was arrested on 16 May on arrival at Kenneth Kaunda Airport in Lusaka.
Urgent action outcomes 21 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Violent disruption threatens Equality Festival in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Police advised the organizers of the Equality Festival to move it away from the city centre
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Peaceful protester in pre-trial detention in Russia
On 7 May, Dzerzhinsky District Court in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, remanded Mikhail Tsakunov in pre-trial detention.
Urgent action outcomes 15 May 2018 -
Gaza shootings: 'another horrific example' of Israeli military using excessive forceThe use of excessive force in Gaza by Israel is an abhorrent violation of international law. Read more.
Press release 14 May 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Activist's not guilty verdict upheld on appeal in South Korea
Lee Jin-young, operator of the online library ‘Labour Books’, was found not guilty.
Urgent action outcomes 14 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Civil activist released from psychiatric facility in Kazakhstan
Ardak Ashym has been released from the psychiatric facility. The criminal investigation against her is still ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 14 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Up to 20 years in Maldives prison on trumped-up charges
Ahmed Mahloof faces charges including “terrorism” and “obstruction of police duty” for taking part in peaceful protests.
Urgent action outcomes 14 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Human rights activist unable to leave Equatorial Guinea
Ramón Esono Ebalé remains unable to leave Equatorial Guinea due to authorities failing to provide him with a passport.
Urgent action outcomes 14 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Poet under illegal house arrest in China ‘prepared to die’
Liu Xia, widow of late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, said that she is prepared to die in recent conversation
Urgent action outcomes 11 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Clampdown on free expression in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico authorities responded violently to demonstrations on 1 May by repressing protesters
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Five years imprisonment and fine in Indonesia for facebook post
Five years imprisonment for Facebook posts deemed to be insulting of Islam and for allegedly spreading ‘hate speech'
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Prisoner of conscience released in Bahrain
On 26 March, political activist and prisoner of conscience, Fadhel Abbas Mahdi Mohamed was released from Jaw prison.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Supreme Court orders journalist's release in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court ordered the release of Aziz Orujov, an independent journalist and CEO of channel Canal 13.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Russian authorities must not crack down on Putin inauguration protestsPress release 04 May 2018 -
China: Banning of Peppa Pig a 'ridiculous new example of state crackdown'The Chinese government has removed an estimated 30,000 Peppa Pig videos from the internet.
Press release 02 May 2018
