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Turkey’s crackdown on human rightsFollowing the failed coup, the Turkish government embarked on a crackdown of exceptional proportions, targeting people it accuses of being linked to Fethullah Gülen – a Turkish cleric in exile in the US, who the government accuse of masterminding the…
Press release 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist in Libya tortured and at risk of expulsion
Jabir Zain, an activist residing in Libya, continues to be detained in an unknown location over 100 days following his enforced disappearance by a militia in Tripoli.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Lawyer held incommunicado at risk of torture in China
Authorities confirm that Beijing human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, last heard from on 21 November 2016, has been placed under “residential surveillance in a designated location” on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power”.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Woman charged on torture-tainted evidence in Iraq
A woman who survived IS captivity has been charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law and will face trial on 21 February 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Torture fears for missing website founder in China
Huang Qi, founder of Sichuan-based website “64 Tianwang” (www.64tianwang.com), was taken from his home in Chengdu, Sichuan Province by 15 public security officers on 28 November.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Tortured to confess child faces 15 years in jail in Egypt
The trial of 15-year-old Aser Mohamed has been adjourned to 27 December. He faces a string of charges, including belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group and attacking a hotel, based on “confessions” that he says were obtained under torture after…
Urgent action outcomes 07 Dec 2016 -
Fiji: new torture report ten years on from military coup shows 'dark side of paradise'Press release 05 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action: Activists held incommunicado at risk of torture in Vietnam
Two pro-democracy activists who are among a group of people arrested on 6 November have been charged with aiming to “overthrow” the state under Article 79 of Viet Nam’s Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Egypt: freeze on torture rehabilitation centre's bank account 'cruel blow'Press release 10 Nov 2016
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Iraq: tribal militia carrying out revenge attacks in Mosul operationPress release 02 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience writes of torture in Russian Federation
In a letter addressed to his wife and published on a news website on 1 November, prisoner of conscience Ildar Dadin revealed that prison staff, including the director of the prison colony in Segezha, in the Karelia region of Russia, have beaten and…
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed Kurdish woman at risk of going blind in Iran
Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian, who is serving a life sentence imposed after a grossly unfair trial, is at risk of losing her eyesight in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: 15-year-boy's trial adjourned, still detained in Egypt
The trial of 15-year-old Aser Mohamed has been adjourned to 16 November.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update:Ali Isa Al-Tajer's trial adjourned to 3 November in Bahrain
Ali Isa al-Tajer’s trial on terrorism charges began on 23 August. The judge did not respond to the allegation that his confessions were extracted under torture.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2016 -
Iraq: Fleeing civilians being punished for Daesh’s crimes"I saw two people die in front of my eyes" - fleeing civilians punished by militia for Daesh crimes
18 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Female detainees sexually attacked in prison in Somalia
For the past month, female detainees at Gabiley prison have complained of sexual violence, including rape, and other forms of torture and ill-treatment by the male guards at the prison.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
No more torture on your doorstepFor too long companies have been able to profit from human suffering - advertising and trading torture equipment to known human rights abusers outside the EU. Today, after more than ten years of campaigning, the EU has finally voted to tighten these…
Blog post 04 Oct 2016 -
European Parliament set to vote on new regulation to stop trade in torture equipmentPress release 03 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action: Falun Gong practitioner said to have been tortured in China
Falun Gong practitioner Chen Huixia was unable to stand or walk after being tortured, according to a fellow detainee. Suffering from chronic illness and poor health, she currently has no access to her family or a lawyer.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Sep 2016
