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Urgent Action update: Bahraini Human Rights Defender charged and detained
Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, Nabeel Rajab, was arrested on 13 June. He has been charged with “spreading false information and rumours in the aim of discrediting the State”.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Conviction upheld, prison sentence extended in BahrainUrgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action: Chinese activists detained for commemorating June 4
Nine activists have been detained for commemorations of the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jun 2016 -
Bahrain: fresh arrest of human rights activist Nabeel Rajab is 'alarming'Press release 13 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action update: Activists face jail for planning rally in Kazakhstan
Three men remain in detention and now face criminal charges for planning peaceful demonstrations in Kazakhstan. They are prisoners of conscience detained solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defenders' detention renewed
Cairo judges ordered on 5 June the renewed detention of two human rights defenders, Dr Ahmed Abdullah and Mina Thabet. Both are prisoners of conscience, detained solely for their human rights work with the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Waleed Abu al-Khair starts hunger strike in Saudi Arabia
Imprisoned human rights defender and lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, began a hunger strike on 7 June to protest the prison authorities’ refusal to provide him with adequate medical care and because of his ongoing ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Sick Iranian blogger being forced to return to prison
Blogger and pioneering anti-censorship activist Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was released on temporary medical leave on 4 May.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Malaysian blogger at risk of prison for facebook post
Malaysian blogger Vivian Lee has been found guilty of sedition and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for a Facebook post she made in July 2013. She will be imprisoned if her final appeal is rejected.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Eight facebook users charged, awaiting trial in Thailand
Eight persons linked to a satirical Facebook community page were charged with sedition and computer crimes on 28 April. They are scheduled to appear in a military court on 3 July. Two of them are still detained on the additional charge of offending the…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Malek Adly's detention renewed for 15 days in Egypt
A Cairo court renewed on 1 June the detention of prisoner of conscience Malek Adly for 15 days. The human rights lawyer is in poor health, has been ill-treated and is held in solitary confinement. He is one of hundreds arrested in the wake of protests in…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
West African regional body should consider Gambia's expulsion over human rights abuse - new reportPress release 02 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action update: Egypt: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 28 June
A Cairo court adjourned to 28 June the trial of photojournalist Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: One sibling acquitted, three are still missing, in UAE.
On 30 May the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) acquitted Moza ‘Abdouli of insulting the UAE, its leaders, and its institutions in tweets she posted in March 2013. Her three siblings remain detained in an undisclosed location.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: One sibling acquitted, three are still missing, in UAE
On 30 May the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) acquitted Moza ‘Abdouli of insulting the UAE, its leaders, and its institutions in tweets she posted in March 2013. Her three siblings remain detained in an undisclosed location.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent action update: Egypt: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 28 June
A Cairo court adjourned to 28 June the trial of photojournalist Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgen Action update: Iran: 16-Year prison sentence for Narges Mohammadi
Iranian human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment after her trial on 20 April. She suffers from serious illnesses and needs ongoing specialized medical care, which she cannot receive in…
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: South Korean woman denied medical help on hunger strike
On 26 May 2016, the High Court of Seoul upheld the two-year prison sentence of Kim Hye-young, a woman in South Korea with thyroid cancer, who was earlier arrested for taking part in a peaceful demonstration.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Tried for tweets, her siblings disappeared in UAE
Moza ‘Abdouli is due to be sentenced on 30 May by the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian musicians and filmaker summoned to jail
Iranian musicians Mehdi Rajabian and Yousef Emadi, and filmmaker Hossein Rajabian have been summoned to start serving a three-year prison sentence, imposed for their artistic work.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016