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Urgent Action: Website founder detained for 'subversion' in China
Liu Feiyue, founder and director of Hubei-based human rights website “Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch” (http://www.msguancha.com), has been detained for subversion and if convicted, could face life imprisonment.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: End Harassment of Palestinian human rights lawyer
Israeli authorities have their final chance to take forward the prosecution of Palestinian human rights defender Anas Barghouti at a hearing on 6 December.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Opposition members held as protests continue in Sudan
At least 23 members of Sudan’s political opposition parties have been arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) between 4 and 27 November.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
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: Turkey permanently closes hundreds of NGOs
375 registered associations and NGOs were permanently closed and their assets seized following an executive decree No. 677 issued on 22 November.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Four activists released, one remains in prison in Egypt
Four of five activists whose two-year jail sentence was confirmed by a Cairo appeal court on 27 January were released on 18 November through a presidential pardon.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Turkey: mass NGO closure is attempt to 'permanently silence' civil society criticismPress release 22 Nov 2016
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Bahrain's UK-backed human rights bodies being used as 'PR tool' as abuses continuePress release 21 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Turkey suspends activities of hundreds of NGOs
The Ministry of Interior announced on 11 November the blanket and arbitrary suspension of the activities of 370 NGOs for three months.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
UA good news: Student held for facebook posts out on bail in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been granted bail after spending more than two months in jail without charge in Rajshahi in Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Journalists’ trial postponed to 12 December in Oman
The Appeal Court in Muscat postponed to 12 December its decision on the case of the three Azamn journalists, Ibrahim al-Maamari, Youssef al-Hajj and Zaher al-Abri.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Four prisoners of conscience on trial in Sudan
Hassan A. Kodi, Kuwa Shamal A. Zumam, Petr Jezek and Abdulmonem Abdumawla are on trial in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, for various charges related to the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression, association and religion.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Russia: four years of Putin's foreign agents law has 'shackled and silenced' NGOs - new reportPress release 18 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Opposition leader's appeal yet to be heard in Congo
The Court of Appeal of Brazzaville is yet to consider an appeal filed on 25 July by Congolese political opposition leader, Paulin Makaya.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Zone 9 blogger held for criticising government in Ethiopia
Zone 9 blogger Befeqadu Hailu was arbitrarily arrested and is being detained due to his open criticism of the Ethiopian government during a media interview.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner on hunger strike against his detention in Iran
The health of Iranian prisoner of conscience Ali Shariati is rapidly deteriorating. He has been on hunger strike since 31 October to demand his freedom.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Unfairly charged lawyer risks imprisonment in Thailand
Human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri (also known as June) faces an unfair trial in a military court together with 14 peaceful student activists she legally represented in June 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Leader's retrial verdict set for 4th December in Bahrain
The Appeal Court has set 4 December to issue its verdict following a single half an hour hearing in the retrial of Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist beaten for protest in India
Police in Chhattisgarh, a state in Central India, used batons to beat detained journalist Santosh Yadav and seven other prisoners for protesting against the quality of food served in the Jagdalpur central jail.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016
