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Thee executed by Hamas in Gaza StripPress release 31 May 2016
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Egypt: eight men sentenced to death following torture is latest 'affront to justice'Press release 30 May 2016
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Urgent Action update: Returned activists at risk of unfair trial in China
Two Chinese activists are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and unfair trial. They were recognized as refugees by the UN’s Refugee Agency, but were forcibly returned to China from Thailand in violation of international law. One had been held in…
Urgent action outcomes 27 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Ukraine: Crimean Tatar activist forcibly disappeared
Crimean Tatar activist Ervin Ibragimov went missing on 24 May. Footage from a CCTV camera shows a group of men forcing him into a van and driving away. He has not been heard from since, and there are serious concerns for his safety.
Urgent action outcomes 27 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Guarani Kaiowa risk imminent forced eviction in Brazil
The Apika’y Indigenous People, one of the most vulnerable of the Guarani Kaiowá communities of Mato Grosso do Sul state, are once again facing forced eviction. The judge who issued the eviction order only notified the community five days in advance, and…
Urgent action outcomes 26 May 2016 -
Journalist Khadija freed in Azerbaijan, after being blackmailed and unjustly imprisoned by her governmentAfter a year and a half behind bars for her investigative journalism, Khadija Ismayilova has been released years earlier than expected. She had been due to spend seven and a half years in prison but was freed on bail after a Court review. Khadija's…
25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese activists still at risk of torture in detention
The whereabouts of two missing activists, Tang Zhishun and Xing Qingxian, are finally known after their family members revealed arrest notices dated 4 May.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 10 May in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Iranian businessman in long-term solitary confinement
Lebanese national and permanent US resident Nizar Zakka has been held in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison since his arrest on 18 September 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Dr Nasser Bin Ghaith charged, case adjourned in UAE
Dr Nasser bin Ghaith appeared before the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi on 2 May. His case has been adjourned until 23 May.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent action update: Bidun Human Rights Defender's sentence upheld in Kuwait
Human rights defender and member of the stateless Bidun community ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli had his one-year imprisonment sentence followed by deportation upheld by the Court of Cassation on 16 May. He has been on hunger strike since his arrest on 18 April.
Urgent action outcomes 19 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Iranian teenager's execution still pending
Iranian teenager Alireza Tajiki is at continued risk of execution. The authorities did not carry out his scheduled execution on 15 May after a global outcry. However, they have not committed to not rescheduling the execution.
Urgent action outcomes 19 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Iranian teenager's execution still pending
Iranian teenager Alireza Tajiki is at continued risk of execution. The authorities did not carry out his scheduled execution on 15 May after a global outcry. However, they have not committed to not rescheduling the execution.
Urgent action outcomes 19 May 2016 -
Yemen: Huthis have carried out wave of detentions and torture - new reportPress release 18 May 2016
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Urgent Action update: Shwkan's trial adjourned until 17 May in Egypt
Egyptian authorities adjourned until 17 May the trial of photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, popularly known as Shawkan. He is facing trumped-up charges as a result of his journalistic work.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Update: Kho Jabing's execution date set for 20 May in Singapore
The execution of Kho Jabing has been set for 20 May
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Iranian teenager tortured into 'confessing' faces execution at weekendPress release 13 May 2016
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Babies among 149 dead in Nigerian detention centre that should have been closed long agoNo one can confirm exactly how they died, but their deaths were likely preventable. The death toll racks up in Nigeria's notorious Giwa jail.
10 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Stop Bangladeshi political leader's imminent execution
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal against its ruling, upholding the death sentence against Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Eight students in Sudan arrested, whereabouts unknown
National Intelligence Security Service (NISS) agents raided the office of a prominent human rights lawyer, Nabil Adib, in Khartoum on 5 May and arrested 10 people.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2016
