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Urgent Action update: Serious health concerns for detained politician in Cambodia
Kem Sokha, president of the dissolved main opposition party, was denied bail on appeal on 1 February.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Teen arrested at 14 still at risk of execution in Iran
Iranian teenager remains at risk of execution after his execution scheduled for 17 January was postponed.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Investigation into human rights defender closed in Malaysia
The Malaysian police have officially closed all investigations into Maria Chin Abdullah.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Dec 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Detained couple's health critically deteriorating in Egypt
Ola al-Qaradawy and her husband Hossam Khalaf have been arrested on unfound charges and held in poor prison conditions.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Dec 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Sudanese student held in solitary confinement
Naser Aldeen Mukhtar Mohamed he is still being held without charge in solitary confinement at the NISS detention centre.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Dec 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in UAE remains in solitary
Prominent Emirati human rights defender and blogger Ahmed Mansoor, his whereabouts remain unverified.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2017 -
Freeing Nazanin - an activist's journeyAn account by Amnesty activist Daren Nair on the campaign to bring the British mum home from an Iranian prison.
Blog post 10 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Rif protestors in Morocco facing reprisals in detention
Protest leader Nasser Zefzafi and journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui remain in prolonged solitary confinement.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action Update: Human Rights lawyer detained in dire conditions in Egypt
Detained human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwaly is being held in solitary confinement.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action: Couple in Egypt held in solitary confinement for 66 days
Ola al-Qaradawy and her husband Hossam Khalaf have been detained in solitary confinement since 3 July.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Sep 2017 -
Campaigning to free Kamal Foroughi, the longest imprisoned EU citizen in IranFree Kamal Foroughi, the longest imprisoned EU citizen in Iran
Blog post 06 Sep 2017 -
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 -
Indonesia: Ahok conviction for blasphemy is an injusticeBlog post 19 May 2017
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Urgent Action: Activist in solitary confinement for 1234 days in Egypt
On 4 February, the Cairo Administrative Court postponed activist Ahmed Douma's appeal against his prolonged solitary confinement to 16 May. He has been held in poor detention conditions since his arrest on 3 December 2013.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience held incommunicado in Venezuela
Venezuelan prisoner of conscience, Leopoldo López, has been kept incommunicado since 8 April. He has been placed in solitary confinement for reasons that have not been disclosed by the authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Imprisoned Iranian journalist on hunger strikeIranian journalist Hengameh Shahidi is in a critical condition in Tehran’s Evin prison. She has been on hunger strike for 29 days in protest at her arrest on 9 March. She has a heart condition and is refusing her medication. She is being held in solitary…
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: UN says respect Ali Aarrass's rights in Moroccan prison
The UN Committee against Torture requested the Moroccan authorities to improve detention conditions for Belgian-Moroccan Ali Aarrass, who has been held in solitary confinement for nearly six months. Appeal proceedings in his case are also underway.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Egyptian prisoner in solitary confinement on hunger strike
Ahmed Amin Ghazali Amin has been on hunger strike since 9 March, in protest against his solitary confinement, which he has been held in since May 2016, when he was sentenced to death by a Military Court. An appeal hearing is still due to be set. If…
Urgent action outcomes 21 Mar 2017 -
It's a human right to agitate the 'injustice' systemA year ago I walked out of a Louisiana prison a free man after serving 44 years in solitary confinement.
Blog post 17 Mar 2017 -
Podcast: Albert Woodfox on surviving 44 years in solitaryAlbert Woodfox has endured longer in solitary confinement than anyone else in the US. When he was imprisoned in Louisiana in the 1970s, racism was rife. Albert took a stand - and it cost him. Hear why Albert was punished over the odds and how he survived…
16 Mar 2017
