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Urgent Action update: Activist held in solitary confinement in South KoreaLee Jin-young is being held in solitary confinement after being formally charged under the National Security Law (NSL) for the online distribution of materials that are deemed, by South Korean authorities, to ‘benefit’ North Korea.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Unwell Palestinian in administrative detention in Israel/OPT
Palestinian Muhammed al-Qiq has been on hunger strike since 6 February in protest against his administrative detention.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner in solitary confinement for months in Morocco
Ali Aarrass has been held in prolonged solitary confinement since his transfer to Tifelt II Local Prison on 10 October 2016. His health has sharply deteriorated as a result.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
Demand that Theresa May raises human rights with President TrumpAs Donald Trump fulfils some of his manifesto promises and tramples over the rights of people around the world in the process, we need our Prime Minister Theresa May to commit to standing up for those rights.
Blog post 26 Jan 2017 -
Our final plea to Obama to close GuantánamoIt's been 15 years since the first detainees arrived at Guantánamo, the US naval base in Cuba infamous for its shocking human rights record of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
11 Jan 2017 -
Iran is 'toying with lives' of political prisoners by denying them medical care - new reportPress release 18 Jul 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 -
Nigeria: babies among 149 dead in horrific conditions in Giwa barracks - new briefingPress release 09 May 2016
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Urgent Action good news: five Myanmer media workers released
Unity journalists Lu Maw Naing, Yarzar Oo, Paing Thet Kyaw, Sithu Soe and the newspaper’s chief executive officer Tint San were released from Pakokku prison in Myanmar’s Magway Region on 17 April.
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 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 -
Guantánamo Bay: decades of injusticeThe prison camp at Guantánamo Bay was established in January 2002 as a place for US authorities to hold people perceived to be the enemy in the 'war on terror'. Reports of torture are rife and most of the 164 detainees still held at the camp have never…
Press release 11 Jan 2016 -
Thank you for everything in 2015Happy 2016! We've got a lot to do this year, but first let's celebrate what we achieved together in 2015.
Blog post 31 Dec 2015 -
After more than 13 years, Shaker Aamer has been released from Guantánamo BayAfter 13 and a half years in Guantánamo Bay without charge or trial, Shaker Aamer can finally return to his family.
Blog post 30 Oct 2015 -
Shaker Aamer: 13 years in Guantánamo Bay, never charged with any crime
Shaker Aamer has finally been released after being detained in Guantánamo Bay detention centre without charge or trial for the last 13 years. Shaker Aamer was one of the first detainees to be sent to the notorious Guantánamo Bay detention centre in 2002.
30 Oct 2015 -
Shaker Aamer: reports of return to UK welcomedShaker Aamer's reported return to the UK - after 13 years without charge or trial in Guantánamo Bay - can't come a moment too soon.
Press release 25 Sep 2015
