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Urgent Action update: Health risks for detainee in isolation for 232 days in Morocco
Following seven months of prolonged solitary confinement, Ali Aarrass' health condition has critically deteriorated. He is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence in Tifelt II Local Prison.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Update Belarus: Chechen man at risk if extradited from Belarus
Chechen torture survivor Murad Amriev was detained on the night of 7 June as he attempted to enter Belarus. The Chechen authorities have asked for his extradition to Russia to face charges in Grozny, the Chechen capital.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Torture survivor at risk of arbitrary detention in Russian Federation
Torture survivor, Murad Amriev, lodged a complaint against his torturers in Chechnya, and is currently at risk of being detained and escorted to Chechnya were he would be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist's whereabouts unknown after arrest in Chad
Chadian activist Maoundoe Decladore Djikoldingam is being held incommunicado in an unknown location after he was arrested by four armed men in plainclothes in Moundou, in the south of Chad on 5 May.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution set in circumstantial Alabama case
Robert Melson is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on 8 June. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death in May 1996 for three murders during a robbery in 1994.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Thomas Arthur executed in Alabama, USAThomas Arthur, aged 75, was executed in Alabama late on 25 May. It was his eighth execution date since 2001, three times coming within a day of being killed. This time, the US Supreme Court lifted a stay shortly before the death warrant was due to expire.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Former government official executed in China
Zhao Liping was executed on 26 May 2017 following the approval by the Supreme People’s Court of his death sentence with immediate execution. The decision was made despite serious concerns about whether he had received a fair trial and allegations that…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Turkish man detained and at risk of extradition in Thailand
Myanmar-based Turkish education professional, M. Furkan Sökmen was detained in Yangon International Airport on 24 May and last known to be in the transit area of a Bangkok airport. Amnesty International fears he is at risk of extradition to Turkey where…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Fate and whereabouts of two men unknown in South Sudan
Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri, were disappeared in Kenya and taken to a prison facility at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters in Juba, South Sudan on 25 January, around midday.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Two men hanged in secretive executions in Malaysia
Yong Kar Mun was executed at 5.30 am on 24 May 2017 at Sungai Buloh Prison in Selangor, Malaysia.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in Sudan facing death penalty
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is now facing six charges two of which may result in the death penalty or life imprisonment if he is convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Torture fears for activist sentenced to death in China
Veteran activist Xu Youchen has testified at his appeal that police had tortured him to obtain the evidence used to convict and sentence him to death in December 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
USA: return of CIA report to Senate committee could be 'first step' toward reinstating torturePress release 02 Jun 2017
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Iran executes man arrested at 16 in 'appalling' violation of international lawPress release 25 May 2017
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Urgent Action: Imminent execution for former government official in China
A former government official has been sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in the killing of a young woman.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Family to pay last visit after told execution is 'soon' in Malaysia
Yong Kar Mun was convicted and sentenced to death in 2009 for discharging a firearm in the commission of an armed robbery.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Bahraini man's death sentence upheld on appeal
On 11 May, the Bahrain High Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence imposed against Maher Abbas Ahmed. His case will now go before the Court of Cassation. Maher Abbas Ahmed will be at imminent risk of execution if the sentence is upheld again.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2017 -
Indonesia: Ahok conviction for blasphemy is an injusticeBlog post 19 May 2017
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Urgent Action: Bahraini opposition member at risk of torture
On 5 May, Nizar al-Qari, a member of the opposition party al-Wefaq, was arrested and taken to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), where he alleges he was deprived of sleep and handcuffed behind his back for long periods of his detention.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Libyan professor and father of four abducted
On 20 April, University professor and father of four Dr Salem Mohamed Beitelmal was kidnapped by local militias on the outskirts of Tripoli.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017
