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Urgent Action: Seven activists arrested and charged with treason
Seven activists arrested on different dates, are facing charges of treason after they attended a training.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Clampdown on freedom of expression
Puerto Rico authorities responded violently to demonstrations on 1 May 2018 by repressing protesters.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Pakistani Christian family at risk of deportation
A Pakistani Catholic family – ages ranging from 11 to 57 - have been arrested for overstaying their visas in Sri Lanka.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Health of imprisoned Crimean Tatar at risk
Crimean Tatar, Edem Bekirov, has been detained in Simferopol since his detention by Russian security forces.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Incommunicado detainee at risk of torture
Lebanese detainee Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui has been held incommunicado since 11 April 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Bedouin leader rejects conditional release
Prominent Bedouin leader Sheikh Sayyah Abu Mdeighim al-Turi’s early release was scheduled on 15 May 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 29 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Dozens at risk of torture in police detention
A group of 47 people, including men, women and three children, were detained between 18 and 21 May.
Urgent action outcomes 29 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Verdict issued against Lebanese men
On 15 May 2019, the Federal Appeal Court in Abu Dhabi issued its verdict in the case of 11 Lebanese men.
Urgent action outcomes 29 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience ends hunger strike
Human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor ended a month-long hunger strike in mid-April.
Urgent action outcomes 29 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Defamation charges used to silence dissent
Police charged prominent activists Parit Penguin Chiwarak, Sirawit ‘Ja New’ Seritiwat, and Phayaw Akkahad with defamation
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience tortured to confess
Journalist and human rights defender Nguyen Van Hoa was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison in December 2017
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Defamation charges for exposing labour abuse
Human rights defenders, activists, journalists and former employees are facing criminal defamation lawsuits for comments.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Constant surveillance impacts lawyer’s health
Human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong remains under heavy surveillance, despite having been released from prison in February
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Drop charges against human rights defender
US Border Patrol agents arrested Dr. Scott Warren, a 36-year old Human Rights Defender and humanitarian aid volunteer.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Stop harassing investigative journalists
Three journalists were summoned for a hearing by the Intelligence Services for revealing a national defence secret.
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender fears for safety
On 26 April, two unknown men on motorbikes, presumably belonging to a local gang, circled the office of Pierre Espérance.
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed academic needs urgent medical care
Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali needs urgent specialized medical care unavailable inside prison.
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Journalist officially charged with cyber libel
Maria Ressa, human rights defender, was formally charged in court for one count of cyber libel.
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh risk being sentenced to prison.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Land defenders at risk
Rosalina Dominguez, her four sons and two members of the community of Río Blanco, Intibucá, in Honduras were threatened.
Urgent action outcomes 15 May 2019