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Urgent Action update: Chinese Activists indicted for commemorating Tiananmen
Four activists have been indicted for “inciting subversion of state power” for producing and promoting their own baijiu (a popular Chinese liquor) that commemorated the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.
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Urgent Action good news: Pastor, missionary and activist released in Sudan
Petr Jezek, Hassan A. Kodi and Abdulmonem Abdumawla have been released after a presidential pardon.
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Urgent Action update: Health fears for jailed Iranian teacher unionist
The health of jailed trade unionist Esmail Abdi has deteriorated following a hunger strike he started on 30 April in protest at the criminalization of peaceful trade unionists.
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Urgent Action: Human rights defender harassed in Venezuela
Authorities forcibly searched the home of human rights defender Ehisler Vásquez and prosecutors threatened to indict him when he requested information on the reason for the search.
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Urgent Action update: Three activists sentenced to prison in secret trial in Laos
According to sources, three Lao human rights activists, Soukan Chaithad, Somphone Phimmasone and Lodkham Thammavong, were sentenced to between 12 and 20 years’ in prison following a secret trial held in April 2017.
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Urgent Action update: Endure safety of three extradited men in Turkey
Three Turkish men who had been arbitrarily arrested and detained in Malaysia between 2 and 4 May under anti-terrorism legislation were extradited to Turkey on 11 May.
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Urgent Action: Lawyer and activists detained for facebook posts in Thailand
Detained lawyer Prawet Prapanukul, Danai, Wanchai and three others were arrested by a joint military security force on 29 April and held in an unknown location for five days before Bangkok’s Criminal Court on 3 May remanded the six men to custody.
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Urgent Action update: Forcibly disappeared Bahraini faces military trial
On 9 May, Fadhel Sayed Abbas Hasan Radhi’s case has been transferred to a military court. Neither his family nor lawyer have been informed of the charges.
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Urgent Action: Detained journalist needs proper medical care in Madagascar
Fernand Cello, a Malagasy investigative journalist, is facing seven charges including ‘defamation’, ‘endangering state security’, and ‘incitation to hatred’ after he was arrested on Friday, 5 May.
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Urgent Action: Blasphemy conviction demonstrates intolerance in Indonesia
Christian Jakarta Governor, ‘Ahok’, was sentenced to two years imprisonment on 9 May 2017. Convicted of blasphemy against Islam, Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, who must be immediately and unconditionally released.
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Urgent Action update: Jailed Iranian human rights defender in poor health
Following 31 days of hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison, Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi is in poor health, and requires immediate hospitalization.
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Urgent Action: Detained community leader wrongly charged in Togo
Salomée T. Abalodo, a farmer and community leader, has been charged with ‘rebellion’ and ‘participation in an unauthorised protest’.
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Urgent Action update: Immediately release Kachin prisoner of conscience in Myanmar
Lahpai Gam has been discharged from hospital following some improvements to his health.
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Urgent Action update: Iranian arrested at 15 risks imminent execution
Today is Ali Mohammed Mostafa’s 55th birthday, a father of three who has been forcibly disappeared for nearly four years, and his family still has no information about his fate or whereabouts.
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Urgent Action: Execution re-set after 30 years on death row in USA
Thomas Arthur, aged 75, is due to be executed in Alabama on 25 May. This is his eighth execution date since 2001, three times coming within a day of being killed.
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Urgent Action: Syrian father of three missing for 1403 days
Today is Ali Mohammed Mostafa’s 55th birthday. He is a father of three who has been forcibly disappeared for nearly four years, and his family still has no information about his fate or whereabouts.
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Urgent Action: Three Turkish men arrested and at risk of torture in Malaysia
According to the Malaysian police, three Turkish nationals have been arrested and detained in Malaysia under anti-terrorism legislation. There are concerns about their safety if they are extradited to Turkey.
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Urgent Action update: Activists given six-month suspended sentence in Chad
Two Chadian activists Nadjo Kaina Palmer and Bertrand Sollo have received a six-month suspended prison sentence. They are appealing this judgment.
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Urgent Action update: Philippines senate must oppose death penalty
Bills to reintroduce the death penalty in the Philippines are pending before the Senate, which resumed session on 2 May 2017.
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Urgent Action good news: Sudanese opposition activists released without charge
Three political opposition activists, Mohamed Hassan El Bushi, Amin Saad and Motaz Al Ajail, were released without charge on 25 and 30 April.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017