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US state of Delaware's abolition of the death penalty puts it on 'right side of history'Press release 03 Aug 2016
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Iran hangs teenage student in first child offender execution of the yearStudent Hassan Afshar is the first child offender to be executed in Iran this year
Press release 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Four executed, ten still at risk in Indonesia
Four men were executed in Indonesia on 29 July for drug-related offences. Nine other men and one woman received a last-minute temporary stay of execution after they were also taken to the execution grounds.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender at risk of torture in Pakistan
Human rights defender Wahid Baloch may have been subjected to enforced disappearance by state security forces in Karachi, Pakistan, on the afternoon of 26 July. His family does not know where he is or what has happened to him.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian man released from death row
Ehsan Shah Ghasemi, a 25-year-old Iranian man who had been on death row since October 2014, was released from prison on 13 March after he was pardoned by the victim’s family in September 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Turkey: response to President Erdoğan’s speech challenging Amnesty's torture findingsDetainees are being tortured after the attempted coup in Turkey, but the country's president will not admit this
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Indonesia: Execution of four people tonight 'deplorable act'Press release 28 Jul 2016
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Indonesia set to carry out 14 'unlawful' executions tonightPress release 28 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action: Mother pleads to find her disappeared son in Ukraine
Dmytro Koroliov was given a suspended five-year sentence in 2015 for joining the separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. His mother claims he was abducted by the Security Service on 3 August 2015 and that he has been held in secret detention since.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Jul 2016 -
Indonesia: 14 people could be executed this weekendPrisoners charged with drugs offenses face death by firing squad on 'execution island'
Press release 26 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Five political activists at risk of torture in Pakistan
Five political activists; four from the Muttahida Quami Movement political party, one from the Pak Sarzameen Party, are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment while awaiting trial.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Imminent round of executions in Indonesia
Two death row prisoners were moved on 24 and 25 July to Nusakambangan prison island, where 13 executions were carried out in 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2016 -
The aftermath of the failed Turkey coup: Torture, beatings and rapeThe Turkish government has embarked on a crackdown of exceptional proportions. More than 10,000 people have been detained since the coup and we have evidence that many are being subjected to torture and rape.
25 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Religious scholar detained without charge in Sudan
Yousef Abdallah Abker, a religious scholar, was arrested on 14 July by security agents after a sermon he gave in early July. He has been detained since then without any charge.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Review detention in Russian psychiatric institution
A young man with no history of mental health concerns has been detained in a psychiatric hospital and forcibly treated following an argument with his father. The relevant court order was issued following a hearing that violated his right to a fair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jul 2016 -
Iran is 'toying with lives' of political prisoners by denying them medical care - new reportPress release 18 Jul 2016
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Turkey must uphold human rights in its response to coup attemptPress release 16 Jul 2016
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Egypt: secret detention and torture of opponents is 'key instrument of state policy' - new reportPress release 13 Jul 2016
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Egypt: Officially you do not existIn Egypt, hundreds of students, political activists and protesters have vanished in the last year. They have been taken from their homes by Egypt’s National Security Agency. Victims report of brutal treatment and torture at the hands of their captors.
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Urgent Action: Execution date set for man on death row for 34 years in USA
John Conner, a 60-year-old man who has been on death row in Georgia for 34 years, is scheduled to be executed on 14 July.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016
