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Urgent Action update: detained Congolese opposition member awaiting trial
Congolese political opposition member, Paulin Makaya has been held in pre-trial detention at the central prison of Brazzaville beyond the four months limit prescribed by Congolese law.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: Student Activists detained without charge
Five student activists from the University of Khartoum in Sudan have been detained without charge in Khartoum North since 13 and 14 April after being arrested by the National Intelligence Security Service (NISS). They are at risk of torture and other ill…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: eight Egyption civilians at risk of death sentence
An Egyptian military court is preparing to sentence eight men to death after a grossly unfair trial. The men are standing trial on terrorism-related charges with 20 others, in a case also marred by torture and enforced disappearances.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Myanmar prisoner of conscience released
Peaceful protester Myat Nu Khaing has been released from prison following a Presidential pardon in Myanmar on 17 April.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Six Myanmer activists have been released
Human rights activists Naw Ohn Hla, San San Win (aka Lay Lay), Sein Htwe, Nay Myo Zin, Tin Htut Paing and Than Swe were released from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on 17 April.
26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Four Myanmer labour activists released
Union leaders and factory workers Myo Min Min and Naing Htay Lwin, and labour activists Naing Zaw Kyi Win and Thu Zaw Kyi Win were released from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmer on 17 April.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: activist given four month suspended sentence
Dr. Albissaty Salhe Alazam arrested and detained on 4 April for his participation in organising a peaceful demonstration that took place on 5 April in N’Djamena, Chad, has received a four month suspended prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Indonesian police chief admits elite security force uses torturePress release 21 Apr 2016
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Russia has forced hundreds of asylum-seekers back to face torture in Uzbekistan - new reportPress release 21 Apr 2016
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Giulio Regeni: rally for tortured student in Cambridge on FridayPress release 19 Apr 2016
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Ballet inspired by Albert Woodfox's 43 years in solitary confinement to stage in London this weekendPress release 19 Apr 2016
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Urgent Action Iran: Teenager faces imminent execution
A 19-year old Iranian man has been scheduled for execution on 16 April for an offence committed when he was under 18 years of age. He has been put in solitary confinement in Rasht’s Lakan Prison in advance of the execution. Alireza Pour Olfat
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Kenneth Fults executed in Georgia USA
Kenneth Fults was executed by lethal injection on 12 April 2016 in the US state of Georgia.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Federal court stays execution of Ivan Teleguz in USA
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, received a temporary stay of execution from the US Court of Appeals on 29 March 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Georgia executes Kenneth Fults despite clear racial biasThe US state of Georgia has executed Kenneth Fults, an African-American man sentenced to death after legal inadequacies - like his lawyer being asleep and omitting information - during his trial, and racial bias at his sentencing. The death penalty is…
12 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: Chechen man forcibly disappeared in Russia
Khusein Betelgeriev, has been missing since being taken by uniformed men from his home in Grozny on 31 March 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Apr 2016 -
Stop the execution of Amanj Veisee - a juvenile offender in IranBlog post 09 Apr 2016
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Iranian man facing imminent execution denied the right to appealPress release 08 Apr 2016
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Burma frees student protestersThey found themselves in prison simply for protesting against an education law they found repressive. But a huge prisoner amnesty in Burma has seen scores of wrongly imprisoned students freed - including student union leader Phyoe Phyoe Aung and her…
08 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Kho Jabing's death sentence upheld
The Court of Appeal of Singapore has dismissed the appeal of Malaysian Kho Jabing and upheld his death sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016
