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Urgent Action update: Belarus’ last prisoner on death row at risk
Siarhei Vostrykau is the last known prisoner on death row in Belarus after the authorities executed the other remaining three prisoners on death row on 5 November. Siarhei Vostrykau is at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained without charge for more than a month in Bahrain
Al-Sayed Alawi Hussain al-Alawi was arrested at work on 24 October in Bahrain. He was allowed to call his family for the first time late at night on 27 November to tell them that he was being held at the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID).
Urgent action outcomes 05 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Texas court blocks execution
On 2 December, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution to John Battaglia, a 61-year-old man who was scheduled to be executed in Texas on 7 December.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Dec 2016 -
Belarus: three prisoners executed in sudden death row 'purge'Press release 30 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Man faces execution after grossly unfair trial in Saudi Arabia
A Shi’a man is at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia after he exhausted all his appeals. He was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
Standing Rock: a major victory for Indigenous people and their rightsFreedom of expression is a human right. But at Standing Rock, North Dakota, it’s under threat. We’re calling on police to respect, protect and fulfil Indigenous people’s right to peaceful protest.
Press release 29 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Youth in Iran arrested in his teens at risk of execution
Himan Uraminejad has been warned by prison officials that he is at risk of execution as Iran’s Head of Judiciary has approved the implementation of his death sentence. He has been on death row since 2012 for a crime committed when he was 17 years old.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Nov 2016 -
Aleppo: residents fear vengeful government forcesPress release 28 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Activists held incommunicado at risk of torture in Vietnam
Two pro-democracy activists who are among a group of people arrested on 6 November have been charged with aiming to “overthrow” the state under Article 79 of Viet Nam’s Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: In USA mental competence at issue as execution set
John Battaglia, aged 61, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 7 December. He was sentenced to death for killing his two young daughters in 2001.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Hebei man executed in China
Jia Jinglong was executed on 15 November after the China Supreme People’s Court approved his death sentence with immediate execution.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Iran: jailed Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at 'breaking point' as health declinesPress release 18 Nov 2016
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Iranian authorities broadcast lurid 'confession' videos ahead of executions - new reportPress release 17 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Safety concern for people in North Rakhine in Myanmar
After attacks on police outposts in the north of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the authorities initiated a major security operation placing thousands of already vulnerable people at risk.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Nigerian to be executed for drug trafficking in Singapore
The execution of Nigerian national Chijioke Stephen Obioha has been set for 18 November. He was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and was given the mandatory death sentence. A new clemency application is pending before the President.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Unfairly charged lawyer risks imprisonment in Thailand
Human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri (also known as June) faces an unfair trial in a military court together with 14 peaceful student activists she legally represented in June 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Egypt: freeze on torture rehabilitation centre's bank account 'cruel blow'Press release 10 Nov 2016
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Mosul operation: Iraqi forces reportedly tortured and killed villagers 'in cold blood'Press release 10 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Disclose whereabouts of ten arrested doctors in Sudan
The whereabouts of ten medical doctors remain unknown after being arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence Service (NISS) between 30 October and 6 November. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Northern Ireland politicians call for release of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa jailed in EgyptPress release 08 Nov 2016
