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Urgent Action update: Court of cassation upholds death sentence
On 29 January, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence imposed against Maher Abbas Ahmad.
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Urgent Action good news: Supreme court blocks execution in Alabama
The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution in the case of Vernon Madison.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Execution reset in Texas, USA, despite delusional disorder
John Battaglia is due to be executed on 1 February, after trial court judge rejected the opinions of three psychologists
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Urgent Action: Two young men remain disappeared in Mexico
Between 27 December and 3 January, at least seven young men disappeared in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state
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Urgent Action: Ohio prepares for its first execution of 2018
Raymond Tibbetts, aged 60, is due to be executed in Ohio on 13 February.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Man arrested at 17 at risk of execution in Iran
Hamid Ahmadi, arrested at 17 and sentenced to death on the basis of torture-tainted “confessions” is at risk of execution
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Urgent Action update: Two men still missing one year later in South Sudan
Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri, who were disappeared a year ago are still missing.
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Urgent Action: Execution set in USA for crime man cannot remember
Vernon Madison is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on 25 January. He lacks a rational understanding of his punishment.
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Urgent Action: Teen arrested at 14 still at risk of execution in Iran
Iranian teenager remains at risk of execution after his execution scheduled for 17 January was postponed.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Prisoner of conscience in Bahrain denied medication
Hassan Mshaima one of 11 jailed prominent Bahraini opposition activists, is being denied adequate healthcare in detention
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Urgent Action: Opposition member alleges torture in Sudan prison
Radwan Daoud alleges that he has been subjected to torture while in the custody in Khartoum
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Two indigenous activists face life imprisonment in India
Two activists have been arrested for their role in the resistance to forced acquisition of land for a steel plant
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Attack against indigenous defender in Ecuador
Patricia Gualinga, Indigenous human rights defender, reported that on 5 January an unknown man attacked her home.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous community in Kenya forcibly evicted
Kenyan authorities are forcibly evicting the Sengwer Indigenous community from their ancestral home, the Embobut forest.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Execution imminent after death sentence upheld in Belarus
The death sentences of Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy were upheld by the Supreme Court of Belarus.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese lawyer refused access to detained activist
Liu Feiyue who is facing charges of “inciting subversion of state power”, has been again unable to meet his lawyer.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Medical practitioner held incommunicado in China
Shafkat Abasi, a member of the Tatar ethnic minority, was detained on 13 March of 2017 and has not been heard from since
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Urgent Action update: Sentenced activist remains at risk of torture in China
Activist Wu Gan (better known by his pen name Tufu, ‘The Butcher’) was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.
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Urgent Action good news: Missing Bangladeshi academic returned home
Mubashar Hasan, a well-known Bangladeshi academic who went missing was returned home on 22 December, after 44 days.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Jan 2018
