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Urgent Action good news: Supreme court suspends all execution warrants
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court suspended all execution warrants until 29 October, the next date of hearing.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Grassroots women activist held incommunicado
Chen Jianfang, a devoted grassroots human rights defender has been held in incommunicado detention since 20 March.
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Urgent Action: Young man at imminent risk of execution
The Constitutional Court of Sudan confirmed the death sentence against Abbas Mohammed Nur Musa on 20 May 2019.
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Urgent Action update: Palestinian journalist still arbitrarily held
Israeli authorities attempted a war crime by trying to forcibly deport Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa al-Kharouf.
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Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking labour rights activist at risk
Sepideh Gholian has been on hunger strike in protest at the ill-treatment of her family and dire conditions in prison.
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Urgent Action update: Human rights defender sentenced to 12 years
Founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “64 Tianwang”, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
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Urgent Action update: Activists released on bail, awaiting trial
The trial of seven activists, charged with treason for attending a training in the Maldives, has yet to begin.
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Urgent Action update: A decade in jail for defying forced veiling
Prisoners of conscience jailed solely because of their peaceful campaigning against discriminatory forced veiling laws.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Writer faces up to 10 years jail for story
Shakthika Sathkumara was arrested for writing a short story and sharing it on his Facebook profile.
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Urgent Action update: Uyghur woman held incommunicado for 2 years
Buzainafu Abudourexiti continues to be held in incommunicado detention after she was suddenly detained in March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Researcher forcibly disappeared
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, a housing rights researcher with an NGO, was arrested by security forces and forcibly disappeared.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Activist held incommunicado for months
Yang Zhengjun, a prominent workers’ rights activist has been held incommunicado since 8 January 2019.
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Urgent Action update: Land defenders in Río Blanco still at risk
On 16 July, COPINH reported new attacks that affected at least 25 families of the community of Río Blanco, Honduras.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Man with claims of innocence at risk of execution
Larry Swearingen has been on death row in Texas, USA since 2000 and is scheduled to be executed on 21 August 2019.
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Urgent Action update: Filmmaker charged, health concerns remain
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a prominent filmmaker, has been formally charged after being detained for more than three months.
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Urgent Action update: Lawyer of Xinca people still under threat
Quelvin Jimenez reported that a group of people, carrying weapons, disrupted a meeting of the Xinca Indigenous people.
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Urgent Action: Newspaper editor detained without charge
On 15 July 2019, Michael Rial Christopher, South Sudanese newspaper editor was taken off a flight to Kenya and arrested.
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Urgent Action update: Uyghur activist’s 30 relatives still detained
Up to 30 relatives of Uyghur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer have been detained for nearly two years without trial.
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Urgent Action update: 30 opposition figures sentenced to death
The Huthi-run Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) of Sana’a sentenced to death 30 academics and political figures.
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Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained couple remains held
Egyptian authorities have decided to imprison Ola al-Qaradawi over unfounded charges.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2019