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Urgent Action update: Returned activists at risk of unfair trial in China
Two Chinese activists are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and unfair trial. They were recognized as refugees by the UN’s Refugee Agency, but were forcibly returned to China from Thailand in violation of international law. One had been held in…
Urgent action outcomes 27 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese activists still at risk of torture in detention
The whereabouts of two missing activists, Tang Zhishun and Xing Qingxian, are finally known after their family members revealed arrest notices dated 4 May.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Iranian businessman in long-term solitary confinement
Lebanese national and permanent US resident Nizar Zakka has been held in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison since his arrest on 18 September 2015.
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 -
Urgent action update: Bidun Human Rights Defender's sentence upheld in Kuwait
Human rights defender and member of the stateless Bidun community ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli had his one-year imprisonment sentence followed by deportation upheld by the Court of Cassation on 16 May. He has been on hunger strike since his arrest on 18 April.
Urgent action outcomes 19 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Iranian teenager's execution still pending
Iranian teenager Alireza Tajiki is at continued risk of execution. The authorities did not carry out his scheduled execution on 15 May after a global outcry. However, they have not committed to not rescheduling the execution.
Urgent action outcomes 19 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Iranian teenager's execution still pending
Iranian teenager Alireza Tajiki is at continued risk of execution. The authorities did not carry out his scheduled execution on 15 May after a global outcry. However, they have not committed to not rescheduling the execution.
Urgent action outcomes 19 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Torture allegations in Qatar ignored, sentence upheld
Ronaldo Lopez Ulep’s 15 years’ imprisonment sentence was upheld by the Court of Cassation in Qatar on 2 May. His allegations of torture have not yet been investigated.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2016 -
EU must clamp down on advertising of torture equipment at trade fairs - new reportPress release 08 May 2016
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Pakistan: 'chilling' torture and killing of Karachi political activist must be investigatedPress release 04 May 2016
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Qatar: conviction of three Filipinos despite torture allegations strongly condemnedPress release 03 May 2016
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Urgent Action: Six Sudanese protestors detained without charge
Six former University of Khartoum students have been detained without charge
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2016 -
Giulio Regeni: May Day rally will raise murdered student's casePress release 28 Apr 2016
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Urgent Action: Two prisoners of conscience, seven men held in Togo
Two men are arbitrarily detained in Dapaong, after they questioned the commemoration of the country’s Independence Day and called for justice for people who were killed during protests in Mango.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iran confirms forced “virginity test” on artist
Prisoner of conscience Atena Farghadani remains in prison pending the outcome of her appeal against a 12 years and nine months prison sentence. She has been subjected to virginity and pregnancy tests.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: detained Congolese opposition member awaiting trial
Congolese political opposition member, Paulin Makaya has been held in pre-trial detention at the central prison of Brazzaville beyond the four months limit prescribed by Congolese law.
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: eight Egyption civilians at risk of death sentence
An Egyptian military court is preparing to sentence eight men to death after a grossly unfair trial. The men are standing trial on terrorism-related charges with 20 others, in a case also marred by torture and enforced disappearances.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Indonesian police chief admits elite security force uses torturePress release 21 Apr 2016
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Russia has forced hundreds of asylum-seekers back to face torture in Uzbekistan - new reportPress release 21 Apr 2016