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Urgent Action update: South Korean woman denied medical help on hunger strike
On 26 May 2016, the High Court of Seoul upheld the two-year prison sentence of Kim Hye-young, a woman in South Korea with thyroid cancer, who was earlier arrested for taking part in a peaceful demonstration.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Tried for tweets, her siblings disappeared in UAE
Moza ‘Abdouli is due to be sentenced on 30 May by the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian musicians and filmaker summoned to jail
Iranian musicians Mehdi Rajabian and Yousef Emadi, and filmmaker Hossein Rajabian have been summoned to start serving a three-year prison sentence, imposed for their artistic work.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
'Connect, uplift and inspire': Women’s Equality Day 2016Blog post 29 May 2016
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Protecting the human rights of sex workersThe case for decriminalising sex work in the UK, from our Campaigns Director
Blog post 26 May 2016 -
Sex workers must be able to live in safety and free from discrimination - new policy publishedAmnesty's research on why sex workers human rights should be protected, including country-specific briefings
Press release 25 May 2016 -
Out of the shadows: fighting for the rights of sex workersWe're calling for consensual adult sex work to be decriminalised so that sex workers can get protection against abuse, and help and justice for any crimes against them. Hear from our Policy Advisor why we've decided to speak out for sex workers' rights.
Blog post 25 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: Poor prison condition for Papuan activist in Indonesia
A Papuan political activist arrested on 5 April as a result of his peaceful political activities has been suffering from chest pain and frequent headaches due to poor detention conditions.
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 -
Justice for Darya Poliudova in Russia23 May 2016
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“I will never stop” – a mother’s campaign to free her son in IranBlog post 20 May 2016
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Urgent Action: Detained for stating intention to attend a rally in Kazakhstan
At least 24 people have been arrested since 17 May in different parts of Kazakhstan and have been sentenced to administrative detention
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2016 -
The déjà vu Queen’s SpeechFrom renewed threats to scrap the Human Rights Act to an elusive Extremism and Safeguarding Bill, what does this year’s Queen’s Speech mean for our human rights?
Blog post 18 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian physicist needs ongoing cancer care
Iranian physicist and prisoner of conscience Omid Kokabee had surgery on 22 April to remove his right kidney. He has been diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer following five years of medical neglect in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Journalist arrested for facebook post in UAE
Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer al-Najjar, was arrested on 13 December 2015 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in connection with a comment he posted on his Facebook account in 2014.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Northern Ireland: abortion statistics show law failing women – 833 travel to GB in 2015Press release 17 May 2016
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Peru hike for human rightsBlog post 17 May 2016
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Urgent Action: Appeal Date Set for a nine-month jail sentence in Malaysia
Veteran activist, film maker and former political prisoner, Hishamuddin Rais, faces up to nine months in prison under the Sedition Act in Malaysia for his peaceful calls for electoral reform. The final appeal date has been set for 16 May.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2016
