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Urgent Action: Detained student activist risks ill-treatment in Sudan
Naser Aldeen Mukhtar Mohamed, the former chairperson of the Darfur Students’ Association at the Holy Quran University, was arrested on 22 August in Khartoum by National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) agents.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender remain in detention in Bahrain
Bahraini woman human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh was removed from solitary confinement following a two-day hunger strike in protest at her conditions of detention. She is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience sentenced to death in Iran
On 27 August a Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced spiritual teacher Mohammad Ali Taheri to death for “spreading corruption on earth” for establishing the spiritual group Erfan-e Halgheh. He has been held in solitary confinement for over six years.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action: Independent news director detained in Azerbaijan
Mehman Aliyev, the director of independent news agency Turan, has been arbitrarily detained since 24 August on what appears to be trumped up charges of tax evasion and other offenses in retaliation for his work as a critical journalist.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Sep 2017 -
Cambodia: Closure of English-language newspaper a 'disturbing' developmentPress release 04 Sep 2017
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Urgent Action: Papuan prisoner of conscience denied parole in Indonesia
Political activist, Oktovianus Warnares was convicted of “rebellion” (makar) in 2013 after peacefully commemorating the 50th anniversary of the handover of Papua to the Indonesian government.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Prison term upheld for Saudi Arabian defender
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Abdulaziz al-Shubaily was informed on 31 July that his eight-year prison sentence has been upheld by the Court of Appeal in Riyadh. He is now at risk of being imprisoned at any time to start serving his sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Two activists freed and one still detained in SudanElwaleed Imam Hassan Taha and Alaa Aldin al-Difana have been released from the custody of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) without charge. A third activist, Elgassim Mohamed Seed Ahmed, remains in detention pending further…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Urban artist at risk in Cuba
After being arbitrarily detained on 17 August, Yulier Perez, a graffiti artist known for painting dilapidated walls in Havana, is at risk of being imprisoned again, after months of intimidation and harassment from authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Website founder faces an additional charge in China
Formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” in December 2016, Liu Feiyue, founder and director of Hubei-based human rights website “Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch” (www.msguancha.com), is to face an additional charge of “leaking state…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Journalist in Poland facing charges for exposé book
Investigative journalist Tomasz Piątek is facing criminal charges for a book he published in June, alleging a link betwee
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Missing human rights defender at risk of torture in Vietnam
Former prisoner of conscience, Nguyễn Bắc Truyển was last seen on 30 July 2017 after dropping off his wife outside her place of work in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Harassment of dissident Iranian cleric must end
Dissident Iranian cleric Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi has faced continued intimidation and death threats by the Iranian authorities since his release from prison on 4 January.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Journalists out of immediate danger in Paraguay
Menchi Barriocanal and Oscar Acosta, Paraguayan journalists and married couple who were threatened with imprisonment by President Horacio Cartes, have stopped received threats and seem to be out of immediate danger of being arbitrarily detained.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian prisoner of conscience in critical health
Iranian prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Arash Sadeghi is critically ill and requires immediate hospitalization outside of prison. However, the authorities are refusing to authorize the transfer, apparently on the orders of the…
Urgent action outcomes 16 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: In Ukraine 76-year old Crimean Tatar protestor in detention
76-year old Crimean Tatar Server Karametov was arrested on 8 August by the de facto authorities in Crimea while engaging in a peaceful protest and sentenced to 10 days of administrative detention on charges of resisting police.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Journalist's deportation halted but risk remains in Russian Federation
On 8 August, the Moscow City Court suspended the deportation of Uzabekistani national Khudoberdi Nurmatov pending review
Urgent action outcomes 14 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Shawkan still detained after four years in Egypt
On 12 August, the Cairo criminal court adjourned Mahmoud Abu Zeid's court hearing 19 August, for the 35th time. Today is the four-year anniversary of Mahmoud Abu Zeid arrest.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Media workers face additional charges in Myanmar
While newspaper editor Kyaw Min Swe has been released on bail, he remains on trial for “online defamation’’ for a satirical article mocking the Myanmar Army.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Syrian human rights defender executed
On 1 August, the family of Syrian-Palestinian human rights activist Bassel Khartabil Safadi received the news that he was extrajudicially executed in October 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2017
