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Urgent Action good news: Algerian activist Dahmane Kerami releasedAlgerian activist Dahmane Kerami was released on 31 December 2016 after spending one year behind bars for participating in 2014 and 2015 in peaceful social protests in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria.
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Urgent Action update: Two Sudanese dissidents interrogated for activism in Saudi Arabia
Two Sudanese nationals, who till 13 February had been held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia since their arrest on 21 December 2016, have been interrogated by the Saudi Arabian authorities about their social media activism and are now awaiting trial.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Four families in USA detained for over 500 days
Four young children and their mothers are seeking asylum in the US after escaping horrific violence in their home countries.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Additional contact details: Over 300 displaced due to paramilitary action in Colombia
An incursion by paramilitaries and subsequent armed confrontation between them and guerrilla groups forced a mass displacement of families and the potential confinement of surrounding communities in Peña Azul, Chocó department, in north-western Colombia.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous defenders denied right to defence in ArgentinaOn 20 March the oral trial against three members of the Chañaral Wichí Indigenous community for defending their territory will take place. These legal proceedings violate their right to defence and access to justice.
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Urgent Action good news: Palestinian journalist to be released from detention in Israel
Palestinian journalist Muhammed al-Qiq suspended his hunger strike on 10 March 2017 after he learned that the Israeli authorities were not renewing his administrative detention order. He is expected to be released on 10 April.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Stop journalist's forcible return from Russia to Uzbekistan
Journalist and activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (also known as Ali Feruz) is at risk of being forcibly returned from Russia to Uzbekistan.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action correction: Virginia USA execution reset as doubts persist
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 25 April. He maintains his innocence of the 2001 murder for which he was sent to death row in 2006.
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Urgent Action update: Brothers hurriedly executed in secretive manner in Malaysia
Despite a pending clemency application before the state’s Pardon Board, brothers Suthar Batumalai and B. Rames Batumalai were executed at dawn on 15 March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three Bahrainis executed by firing squad
On 15 January the Bahraini authorities executed three men by firing squad. Seven others continue to serve life sentences which were upheld by the Court of Cassation on 9 January along with the three death sentences.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Clemency board in USA to hear what jury never did
Marcel Williams, aged 46, is due to be executed in Arkansas on 24 April. The jury never heard any mitigating evidence about his childhood of severe abuse and trauma.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Latest Information & Urgent Action update: Syrian refugee remains detained five months on
A 21-year-old Syrian refugee has spent more than five months in police detention awaiting a decision on whether he will be forcibly returned from Greece to Turkey under the EU-Turkey deal.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Former governor released without charge in South Sudan
Elias Waya Nyipuoch, former governor of Wau state, was released without charge on 14 March. He had been detained by the South Sudanese military since 26 June 2016.
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Urgent Action update: Emirati sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in UAE
Abdulrahman Bin Sobeih was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment by the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 14 November 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Mar 2017 -
Urgent action update: Supreme court upholds Korean activist's sentence
Kim Hye-young lost her second appeal, as the Supreme Court of South Korea upheld her two-year prison sentence. Authorities continue to refuse her outpatient treatment for mental health conditions, however her overall health situation has improved and she…
Urgent action outcomes 14 Mar 2017 -
Urgent action update: Brothers to be executed this Friday in Malaysia
Brothers Suthar Batumalai and B. Rames Batumalai whose execution was originally scheduled for 24 February 2017, have been informed that their execution has now been set for 17 March.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Convicted of screening human rights documentary in Malaysia
Malaysian human rights defender Lena Hendry has been convicted by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate Court for the private screening of the documentary “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”. She faces up to three years imprisonment or a fine of up to…
Urgent action outcomes 13 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Three human rights defenders freed in Sudan
Three human rights defenders Khalafalla A. Mukhtar, Midhat A. Hamdan and Mustafa Adam have been released after being sentenced to time served by a court in Khartoum, Sudan.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Minority religious leaders convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia
Three followers of the ‘Millah Abraham’ religious belief have been convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to between three and five years’ imprisonment. They have all been convicted for peacefully manifesting their right to freedom of thought, conscience…
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Urgent Action good news: Missing journalist reappears in Rwanda
John Ndabarasa, a journalist who had been missing since 7 August 2016, reappeared in Kigali, Rwanda and spoke to local media on 6 March.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Mar 2017
