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Urgent Action: Student activist arrested for facebook posts in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been arrested in Rajshahi in Bangladesh after making two Facebook posts criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
'Farcical' that Russian blogger faces five years in jail for playing Pokémon Go in a churchPress release 05 Sep 2016
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Uzbekistan: President Karimov's death unlikely to improve human rightsPress release 02 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action: 12 Individuals face lengthy prison sentence in Thailand
12 individuals from northern Thailand face trial in a military court and up to 22 years imprisonment each for alleged involvement in the mailing of thousands of letters critical of Thailand’s draft constitution.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
End Action: Rights lawyer and journalist released in Egypt
Mahienour El-Massry and Youssef Shaaban were released on 13 August after serving their 15-month prison sentence. Loay El-Kahwagi, who was sentenced in the same case, is still serving his sentence and is due to be released in March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Blogger in Singapore faces up to three years in prison
Seventeen-year-old blogger Amos Yee appeared in court on 17 August. He faces up to three years in prison under the Singapore Penal Code for posts in which he allegedly “wounded the religious feelings of others”. His trial is currently ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Blogger in Singapore faces up to three years in prison
Seventeen-year-old blogger Amos Yee appeared in court on 17 August. He faces up to three years in prison under the Singapore Penal Code for posts in which he allegedly “wounded the religious feelings of others”. His trial is currently ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese activist charged with subversion
Prominent activist Wu Gan (better known by his pen name Tufu, ‘The Butcher’) has been charged with “subverting state power” and has been detained for 15 months.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Two activists face up to 10 years' imprisonment in Thailand
Two activists were arrested on 6 August for distributing materials critical of a draft constitution. Both face up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Accused of defamation for social media posts in IndonesiaUrgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Newspaper editor on bail and awaiting trial in South Sudan
Alfred Taban, prominent journalist and chief editor of the daily English newspaper, Juba Monitor, was released on bail on 29 July. No court date has been set for his trial.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Aug 2016 -
Chelsea Manning faces new charges for attempting suicideSadly, Chelsea Manning attempted to take her life in July 2016. Perversely, the US military authorities imprisoning her responded by leveling harsh new charges against her - including the prospect of indefinite solitary confinement.
Blog post 09 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Three Lao activists held incommunicado
Three Lao human rights activists have been arrested in circumstances that may constitute enforced disappearances. They remain in incommunicado detention since they appeared on national television on 25 May in a report that confirmed that they had been…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Three Laos activists held incommunicado
Three Lao human rights activists have been arrested in what may constitute enforced disappearances. They remain in incommunicado detention since they appeared on national television on 25 May.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese Human Rights Lawyer at risk of torture
Lawyer Ren Quanniu was detained on 9 July on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” after voicing concerns about his client’s condition in detention. He hasn’t had access to a lawyer since 11 July. He is at risk of torture and other ill-…
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2016 -
Gambia: Prison sentences for opposition leaders continues downward spiral for human rightsPress release 21 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action: Newspaper editor detained in South Sudan
Alfred Taban, a prominent journalist and chief editor of the Juba Monitor, was arrested on 16 July and is being held at the National Security Service Headquarters. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Actions update: Nabeel Rajab faces new charge in Bahrain
Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s trial began on 12 July on charges of “spreading false rumours in times of war” and “insulting public authorities” in relation to tweets he published in 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Two siblings' trial date set for 19 September in UAE
On 27 June Amina ‘Abdouli and her brother Mos’ab ‘Abdouli appeared before the Supreme Federal Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The court set 19 September for their next trial hearing.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Sick prisoner of conscience returned to prison in Iran
Civil society activist and prisoner of conscience Saeed Hosseinzadeh was forced to interrupt his treatment and return to Tehran’s Evin Prison on 11 July after the Office of the Prosecutor refused to extend his medical leave despite doctors’ advice.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016
