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Urgent Action update: Four activists released, one remains in prison in Egypt
Four of five activists whose two-year jail sentence was confirmed by a Cairo appeal court on 27 January were released on 18 November through a presidential pardon.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Turkey: mass NGO closure is attempt to 'permanently silence' civil society criticismPress release 22 Nov 2016
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Bahrain's UK-backed human rights bodies being used as 'PR tool' as abuses continuePress release 21 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Turkey suspends activities of hundreds of NGOs
The Ministry of Interior announced on 11 November the blanket and arbitrary suspension of the activities of 370 NGOs for three months.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
UA good news: Student held for facebook posts out on bail in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been granted bail after spending more than two months in jail without charge in Rajshahi in Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Journalists’ trial postponed to 12 December in Oman
The Appeal Court in Muscat postponed to 12 December its decision on the case of the three Azamn journalists, Ibrahim al-Maamari, Youssef al-Hajj and Zaher al-Abri.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Four prisoners of conscience on trial in Sudan
Hassan A. Kodi, Kuwa Shamal A. Zumam, Petr Jezek and Abdulmonem Abdumawla are on trial in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, for various charges related to the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression, association and religion.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Russia: four years of Putin's foreign agents law has 'shackled and silenced' NGOs - new reportPress release 18 Nov 2016
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Amnesty welcomes Scottish First Minister’s intervention to help Northern Ireland abortion ban womenPress release 17 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Safety concern for people in North Rakhine in Myanmar
After attacks on police outposts in the north of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the authorities initiated a major security operation placing thousands of already vulnerable people at risk.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Opposition leader's appeal yet to be heard in Congo
The Court of Appeal of Brazzaville is yet to consider an appeal filed on 25 July by Congolese political opposition leader, Paulin Makaya.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Zone 9 blogger held for criticising government in Ethiopia
Zone 9 blogger Befeqadu Hailu was arbitrarily arrested and is being detained due to his open criticism of the Ethiopian government during a media interview.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner on hunger strike against his detention in Iran
The health of Iranian prisoner of conscience Ali Shariati is rapidly deteriorating. He has been on hunger strike since 31 October to demand his freedom.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Unfairly charged lawyer risks imprisonment in Thailand
Human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri (also known as June) faces an unfair trial in a military court together with 14 peaceful student activists she legally represented in June 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Leader's retrial verdict set for 4th December in Bahrain
The Appeal Court has set 4 December to issue its verdict following a single half an hour hearing in the retrial of Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist beaten for protest in India
Police in Chhattisgarh, a state in Central India, used batons to beat detained journalist Santosh Yadav and seven other prisoners for protesting against the quality of food served in the Jagdalpur central jail.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Massive crackdown on media in Turkey
Nine journalists and board members of the opposition daily Cumhuriyet were imprisoned pending trial on 4 November. At least 112 journalists and other media workers have been remanded in pre-trial detention since the 15 July coup attempt and the…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Activists fined for peaceful protest in Singapore
Three activists have been convicted for organising a peaceful protest in 2014 and have been ordered by the court to pay substantial fines.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
UA update: Trial adjourned, medical exam insisted for release in Egypt
A Cairo court adjourned to 19 November the trial of Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid (“Shawkan”). He faces trumped-up charges and risks the death penalty if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed Iranian artist brothers on hunger strike
Iranian artists Mehdi Rajabian and Hossein Rajabian have started a second hunger strike on 28 October in protest at their continued detention.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016