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Urgent Action update: Two activists freed and one still detained in SudanElwaleed Imam Hassan Taha and Alaa Aldin al-Difana have been released from the custody of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) without charge. A third activist, Elgassim Mohamed Seed Ahmed, remains in detention pending further…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Urban artist at risk in Cuba
After being arbitrarily detained on 17 August, Yulier Perez, a graffiti artist known for painting dilapidated walls in Havana, is at risk of being imprisoned again, after months of intimidation and harassment from authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Six activists commemorating Liu Xiaobo in China released
Six activists who were criminally detained in July 2017, after taking part in a seaside memorial for Liu Xiaobo in Jiangmen, Guangdong province, have all been released on bail. While still subjected to some restrictions, they have all been returned to…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Protester released after serving full sentence in Crimea
Crimean Tatar protestor Server Karametov was released from police custody in Simferopol, Crimea on 19 August after serving his full 10-day sentence. He was arrested on 8 August while engaging in a peaceful protest outside Crimea’s Supreme Court.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Governor of Missouri stays execution and orders inquiry in USA
On 22 August, the governor of Missouri issued a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams who was due to be put to death later that day. The governor will appoint a Board of Inquiry to review the case and make a recommendation on clemency.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Abortion decriminalized in Chile
Chile’s Constitutional Tribunal has ruled in favour of decriminalizing abortion under three specific circumstances. This is an important step toward ensuring the protection of women and girls’ human rights across the country.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Sudanese doctor released without charge in Sudan
Dr. Mohamed Yasin Abdalla, the chairperson of the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD), has been released without charge. He was arrested on 22 April in Khartoum by National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) agents and detained at the…
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Urgent Action good news: Palestinian university professor released by Israeli authoritiesUrgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action: Website founder faces an additional charge in China
Formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” in December 2016, Liu Feiyue, founder and director of Hubei-based human rights website “Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch” (www.msguancha.com), is to face an additional charge of “leaking state…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Arkansas governor to commute death sentence in USA
On 25 August, the Governor of Arkansas announced his intent to commute the death sentence of Jason McGehee, who had been scheduled for execution on 27 April, when he received a stay from a federal judge, and the parole board recommended clemency. The…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Journalist in Poland facing charges for exposé book
Investigative journalist Tomasz Piątek is facing criminal charges for a book he published in June, alleging a link betwee
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Urgent Action: Missing human rights defender at risk of torture in Vietnam
Former prisoner of conscience, Nguyễn Bắc Truyển was last seen on 30 July 2017 after dropping off his wife outside her place of work in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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Urgent Action: Worrying crackdown on Kenyan defenders
Kenya’s NGO Coordination Board threatened to arrest George Kegoro, Executive Director of Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), Gladwell Otieno, Executive Director of African Center for Open Governance (AfriCOG) and Maina Kiai, former UN Special…
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Harassment of dissident Iranian cleric must end
Dissident Iranian cleric Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi has faced continued intimidation and death threats by the Iranian authorities since his release from prison on 4 January.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Journalists out of immediate danger in Paraguay
Menchi Barriocanal and Oscar Acosta, Paraguayan journalists and married couple who were threatened with imprisonment by President Horacio Cartes, have stopped received threats and seem to be out of immediate danger of being arbitrarily detained.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Four families in USA ordered released from detention
On 17 August, four-year-old Carlos and 16-year-old Michael along with their mothers, Lorena and Maribel (all names changed to protect their identities), were ordered released from Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania by an immigration judge…
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese website founder ill-treated in detention
Huang Qi, founder of “64 Tianwang” (64tianwang.org), who has been detained since November 2016, was ill-treated by police officers in the detention centre and it is unclear if he has received adequate medical treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Detainee's fate and whereabouts unknown in Venezuela
Raúl Isaías Baduel was unexpectedly taken from his cell at Ramo Verde National Military Detention Centre, Caracas, at dawn on 8 August 2017. There has been no information regarding his whereabouts since.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian prisoner of conscience in critical health
Iranian prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Arash Sadeghi is critically ill and requires immediate hospitalization outside of prison. However, the authorities are refusing to authorize the transfer, apparently on the orders of the…
Urgent action outcomes 16 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Belarus sentences two men to death
Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy were convicted and sentenced to death by the Mahiliou Regional Court, in eastern Belarus, on 21 July 2017. Theirs are the second and third death sentences imposed in Belarus in 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Aug 2017
