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Urgent Action update: Severely-ill Iranian Kurdish woman denied care
Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian, serving a life sentence, is severely ill and requires specialized medical care outside prison. However, the authorities have persistently refused to transfer her to a hospital, apparently to punish her and extract…
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Missing human rights defender at risk of torture in Vietnam
Former prisoner of conscience, Nguyễn Bắc Truyển was last seen on 30 July 2017 after dropping off his wife outside her place of work in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Pakistani defender forcibly disappeared
Human rights defender and Convenor of Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh, Punhal Sario, has been forcibly disappeared in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Forcibly returned activist in China held incommunicado
Dong Guangping’s court hearing scheduled for April 2017 has been cancelled by authorities with no reason provided.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2017 -
Russian journalists fear for their lives28 Jul 2017
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Cameroon’s secret torture chambersOur new report exposes the brutal horrors faced by those accused — often without evidence — of belonging to Boko Haram.
20 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Reveal whereabouts of four Kurdish men in Iran
Four men from Iran’s Kurdish minority have been subjected to enforced disappearance since their arrests on 23 and 24 June.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Arrested defender at risk of torture in Bahrain
Bahraini human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh was arrested on 3 July after her home was raided by masked security officers. Amnesty understands that she is being held at Issa Town detention centre for women, on the outskirts of Manama.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Two boys jailed for life after unfair trial in Somalia
Two boys have been imprisoned for life for murder. The boys say they were forced to confess to the murder.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Update Belarus: Chechen man at risk if extradited from Belarus
Chechen torture survivor Murad Amriev was detained on the night of 7 June as he attempted to enter Belarus. The Chechen authorities have asked for his extradition to Russia to face charges in Grozny, the Chechen capital.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Torture survivor at risk of arbitrary detention in Russian Federation
Torture survivor, Murad Amriev, lodged a complaint against his torturers in Chechnya, and is currently at risk of being detained and escorted to Chechnya were he would be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Turkish man detained and at risk of extradition in ThailandMyanmar-based Turkish education professional, M. Furkan Sökmen was detained in Yangon International Airport on 24 May and last known to be in the transit area of a Bangkok airport. Amnesty International fears he is at risk of extradition to Turkey where…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Torture fears for activist sentenced to death in China
Veteran activist Xu Youchen has testified at his appeal that police had tortured him to obtain the evidence used to convict and sentence him to death in December 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
USA: return of CIA report to Senate committee could be 'first step' toward reinstating torturePress release 02 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action: Bahraini opposition member at risk of torture
On 5 May, Nizar al-Qari, a member of the opposition party al-Wefaq, was arrested and taken to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), where he alleges he was deprived of sleep and handcuffed behind his back for long periods of his detention.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Endure safety of three extradited men in Turkey
Three Turkish men who had been arbitrarily arrested and detained in Malaysia between 2 and 4 May under anti-terrorism legislation were extradited to Turkey on 11 May.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Three Turkish men arrested and at risk of torture in Malaysia
According to the Malaysian police, three Turkish nationals have been arrested and detained in Malaysia under anti-terrorism legislation. There are concerns about their safety if they are extradited to Turkey.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: General law on torture improved and passed in Mexico
On 19 April the lower house of Mexican congress approved their version of the General Law on Torture and sent it back to the Senate for final approval before it becomes law.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action change of target: Stop journalist's forcible return from Russia to Uzbekistan
Journalist and activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (also known as Ali Feruz) is at risk of being forcibly returned from Russia to Uzbekistan.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Bahraini student in detention alleges torture
Bahraini student Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab was arrested on 9 February and taken to the Criminal Investigations Directorate where he alleges he was tortured and forced to “confess”. He has been denied access to a lawyer. Upon transfer to Dry Dock Prison…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Mar 2017
