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Urgent Action: Syrian Kurd at imminent risk of execution in Iran
Kamal Hassan Ramezan, a Syrian Kurd on death row in Iran, was removed from his cell. He has not been heard from since.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Fears for prisoner of conscience in Vietnam after death threat
Human rights defender Tran Thi Nga was recently beaten up and has received a death threats from another inmate.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Palestinian NGO worker released
Abdul Razeq Farraj was released from prison. He had spent 14 months in administrative detention without charge or trial.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Nigerian journalist detained and threatened
Journalist Samuel Ogundipe is being detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Opposition politician detained in Uganda; signs of torture
Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, a Ugandan singer turned politician was arrested and later charged.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Whereabouts of community activist unknown in Angola
Joaquim Costa Zangui, the National Youth Secretary of the Democratic Bloc, was abducted by unknown men on 12 August.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Court overturns conviction of three youths in Angola
Three youths were released on 17 July. They had been sentenced to seven months in prison in April after an unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous leader threatened by armed men in Paraguay
Amada Martínez, Indigenous human rights defender, was threatened by armed men wearing uniforms of a hydroelectric plant.
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Urgent Action update: Activist sentenced to one year, others released in Niger
3 activists were released after being handed a 3 month suspended sentence. A 4th activist was sentenced to one year.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Fears for two disappeared Russian prisoners
The fate and whereabouts of IT specialist Victor Filinkov and civil society activist Yuliy Boyarshinov remain unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous activist slandered and stigmatised in Venezuela
Military official accuses Indigenous environmental rights defender Lisa Henrito of “treason” - on national TV.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Threats against indigenous rights defenders in Malaysia
Indigenous human rights defenders face sustained intimidation and threats of physical violence.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Blogger on hunger strike after unfair conviction in Algeria
Algerian blogger and prisoner of conscience Merzoug Touati began a hunger strike on 8 July in protest at being imprisoned
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience on hunger strike in Egypt
Human rights defender Hanan Badr el-Din has begun a hunger strike after her pre-trial detention has been extended.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Activist faces 14 years in jail for media interview in Bangladesh
Shahidul Alam, photographer and social activist, has been charged after giving an interview to Al-Jazeera.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Women human rights defender killed in Guatemala
Juana Raymundo is the 8th human rights defender killed in Guatemala in less than three months. She was 25 years old.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Detained activist detained access to lawyer in South Sudan
Peter Biar Ajak, a prominent South Sudanese academic and activist, was arrested by the National Security Service (NSS).
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Journalist accused of ‘justification of terrorism’ in Russia
Victor Korb, a human rights defender and journalist, is being unjustly prosecuted for “public justification of terrorism”
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: 42 months in China prison for forcibly returned activist
According to a Chinese media report, Dong Guangping was sentenced to 42 months in prison almost one year after his trial
Urgent action outcomes 31 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Indigenous leader ends 2 month hunger strike in Chile
After nearly two months on a hunger strike, Indigenous leader Machi Córdova is granted access to his ceremonial altar.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Jul 2018