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Urgent Action update: In Myanmar ailing prisoner of conscience remains in jail
Prisoner of conscience U Gambira remains in detention facing politically motivated criminal charges. He suffers from serious physical and mental health issues.
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: Thirty five men arbitrarily detained in South Sudan
Thirty five men detained at the NSS headquarters have been denied the right to challenge their detention.
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 -
Urgent Action update: Algerian activist released, seven remain in prison
Abdelali Ghellam was acquitted on 19 April 2016, but seven other men remain imprisoned for taking part in a protest.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Myanmar prisoner of conscience released
Peaceful protester Myat Nu Khaing has been released from prison following a Presidential pardon in Myanmar on 17 April.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Ibrahim Karimi Sentenced to prison
Ibrahim Karimi has been sentenced to two years and one month in prison on charges including “publicly insulting the King” which he has denied. He will be at immediate risk of expulsion after he completes his sentence as his nationality was arbitrarily…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience must be released
A prisoner of conscience is being held in military custody in Thailand, with no access to lawyers or family. This is the third time since 2 March that Watana Muangsook has been held in military detention without charge or trial.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian trade unionist faces sixteen years in jail
Ismail Abdi, Secretary General of Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association, has been sentenced on charges related to his peaceful trade union activities. He is awaiting an appeal date and has announced he will go on hunger strike on International Workers’ Day…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Russian librarian's house arrest extended
Librarian Natalya Sharina has been under house arrest since 30 October 2015 for the library holding “extremist literature”.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Myanmer prisoner of conscience released
Political activist Htin Kyaw has been released from prison following a Presidential pardon in Myanmar on 17 April, as part of a Presidential pardon which saw the release of 83 prisoners.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activist sentenced to one year in prison in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience, Dr Sa’eed al-Samahiji, was sentenced to one year in prison on 7 April 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Release eight Algerian prisoners of conscience
Eight prisoners of conscience are serving one-year prison terms over a peaceful protest in December 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Four month suspended for activists in Chad
Four activists arrested for planning a peaceful demonstration have received a four month suspended prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Writer Htin Lin Oo released after presidential pardon
Writer Htin Lin Oo has been released from prison following a Presidential pardon in Myanmar on 17 April.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Four Myanmer labour activists released
Union leaders and factory workers Myo Min Min and Naing Htay Lwin, and labour activists Naing Zaw Kyi Win and Thu Zaw Kyi Win were released from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmer on 17 April.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: activist given four month suspended sentence
Dr. Albissaty Salhe Alazam arrested and detained on 4 April for his participation in organising a peaceful demonstration that took place on 5 April in N’Djamena, Chad, has received a four month suspended prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Student unionist Nandar Sitt Aung released in Burma
Nandar Sitt Aung was released from prison on 8 April 2016 after charges against scores of student protestors were dropped.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action Iran: Teenager faces imminent execution
A 19-year old Iranian man has been scheduled for execution on 16 April for an offence committed when he was under 18 years of age. He has been put in solitary confinement in Rasht’s Lakan Prison in advance of the execution. Alireza Pour Olfat
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Two labour activists still detained in China
Labour activists Zeng Feiyang and Meng Han are in detention for defending workers’ rights in Guangdong province.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016