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Urgent Action: Journalist at risk of further jail time in Uzbekistan
Journalist Muhammad Bekzhanov, aged 62, who is scheduled to be released in January after spending more than 17 years in prison on politically motivated charges, has been put in a punishment cell.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2016 -
Crimea: 'ruthless' Russian authorities have crushed opposition to annexation - new reportPress release 15 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action update: Jail sentence against opposition leader upheld in Bahrain
On 12 December the Appeal Court in Bahrain issued its verdict against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman and sentenced him again to nine years in prison after a retrial.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Dec 2016 -
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: One year in prison for denouncing corruption in Algeria
An Algerian court sentenced journalist Hassan Bouras to a year in prison and fines for a video denouncing corruption of local officials in the city of El Bayadh. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Dec 2016 -
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: Independent journalist tortured, facing jail in Turkmenistan
Journalist Khudayberdy Allashov was detained on 3 December, together with his wife and mother, in Turkmenistan. He is accused of possessing chewing tobacco, which is a criminal offence, and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. His mother also…
Urgent action outcomes 12 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Sentenced to 10 years for graffiti protest in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani youth activist Bayram Mammadov was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 8 December for a graffiti protest. Fellow activist Giyas Ibrahimov was also sentenced to 10 years in prison on 25 October.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Dec 2016 -
Kenyan authorities must inform UK journalist of reason for his detentionPress release 09 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action update: Graffiti artist transferred to new prison in Cuba
Cuban prisoner of conscience and graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) has been transferred to a new detention centre where he continues to be detained without charge since his arrest on 26 November. He now refuses to eat the food from…
Urgent action outcomes 07 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Gravely ill Iranian musician returned to prison
Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian was forced to return to Tehran’s Evin Prison on 4 December. He had been on medical leave following his month-long hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Dec 2016 -
Theresa May should ‘speak out’ on human rights during Gulf tripPress release 05 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action update: Iranian filmmaker jailed, at risk of flogging
Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi was jailed on 23 November after being summoned to start serving his prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian activist couple jailed in Evin prison
The health of jailed Iranian human rights defender Arash Sadeghi has deteriorated. He has been on hunger strike since 24 October in protest at the imprisonment of his wife, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, a human rights defender jailed for writing a story about…
Urgent action outcomes 05 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prosecuted by military tribunal in Venezuela
Andrés Moreno Febres-Cordero, Marco Trejo, James Mathison and César Cuellar were granted conditional release in late November after having been arrested for producing a video for the opposition party Primero Justicia.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Dec 2016 -
Qatar's blocking of Doha News website is 'outright attack' on media freedomPress release 01 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action good news: Angolan activist released a week early
Francisco Mapanda (also known as Dago Nível Intelecto) was released from Comarca de Caquila prison on 21 November, seven days earlier than when he was due to be released. The reason for his early release is unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Cuban graffiti artist arrested again
Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) – named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International in 2015 – was re-arrested on 26 November, shortly after the announcement of Fidel Castro’s death.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Five years in prison for planning a rally in Kazakhstan
Prisoners of conscience Maks Bokaev and Talgat Ayan have been convicted on 28 November of “incitement of discord”, “spreading of false information” and organizing unsanctioned demonstrations.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016