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Urgent Action update: Lesotho soldiers risk facing a fresh trial
The Court Martial of the Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) soldiers facing mutiny charges been postponed.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Death threats for human rights lawyer in India
Dalit lawyer and human rights defender, Rajat Kalsan, faces fabricated charges and death threats due to his work.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Texas court issues stay of executionThe Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to Clinton Young, who was due to be put to death.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Journalist at risk in notorious detention centre in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistani journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev was detained by the National Security Services in Tashkent.
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Urgent Action: Uzbekistani journalist at risk of extradition
Uzbekistani journalist and poet Narzullo Akhunzhonov was detained by Ukrainian border guards on 20 September.
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Urgent Action update: Bill leading to military impunity approved in Brazil
A proposed bill has been approved which will transfer to the Military Court the ability to try human rights violations.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Palestinian women’s union leader released
Palestinian women’s union leader Khitam Saafin was released from HaSharon prison in Israel on 1 October.
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Urgent Action update: Activist tried in closed court for subversion in China
After more than 28 months in detention, prominent activist Wu Gan (pen name Tufu, ‘The Butcher’) remains incarcerated.
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Urgent Action: Proposed bill in Brazil could lead to military impunity
A proposed bill under consideration would transfer to the Military Court the ability to try human rights violations.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Mexican national facing execution in Texas
Ruben Ramírez, a 47-year-old Mexican national denied his consular rights, is due to be executed in Texas on 8 November.
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Azerbaijan: Freedom for those targeted in LGBTI crackdownIn September 2017, more than 100 people suspected of being gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans were rounded up by Azerbaijani police in Baku in a deliberate attempt to intimidate. After global pressure, all those detained were released finally released.
13 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in UAE remains in solitary
Prominent Emirati human rights defender and blogger Ahmed Mansoor, his whereabouts remain unverified.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Executed after 33 years on death row in USA
Michael Lambrix was executed in Florida late on 5 October.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: All LGBTI people detained in mass raids in Azerbaijan released
All LGBTI persons detained during the raids carried out across Baku on 23 September have been released.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2017 -
Freeing Nazanin - an activist's journeyAn account by Amnesty activist Daren Nair on the campaign to bring the British mum home from an Iranian prison.
Blog post 10 Oct 2017 -
The death penalty: what’s changed since 1977?The death penalty the ultimate denial of a basic human right – the right to life. We've come a long way towards abolishing it but we won't stop fighting until it's stopped for good.
Explainer, Position 09 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Rif protestors in Morocco facing reprisals in detention
Protest leader Nasser Zefzafi and journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui remain in prolonged solitary confinement.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Torture fears for detained human rights lawyer in Tajikistan
Human rights lawyer Buzurgmekhr Yorov is serving a 28-year prison sentence on politically motivated grounds.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Egypt must stop homophobic persecution
The Egyptian authorities have detained at least 57 people for their perceived sexual orientation.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Texas execution set for shootings at age 18
Clinton Young is due to be executed in Texas on 26 October.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Oct 2017
