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Urgent Action good news: Lucha activist released without charge in the DRC
Musasa Tshibanda, an activist from the youth movement Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was released on 8 February.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Two activists released from detention in Ukraine
Russian activists Seroe Fioletovoe and Viktoriya Miroshnichenko were released unharmed after spending 15 days in detention in the pro-Russian separatist-controlled Donetsk, in Ukraine. The activists have now returned to Russia.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Man arrested at 17 faces imminent execution in Iran
The execution of Hamid Ahmadi, an Iranian man arrested when he was just 17 years old, has been rescheduled for 18 February. He continues to be held in solitary confinement in Lakan prison in the city of Rasht, northern Iran, further exacerbating his…
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Three human rights defenders held incommunicado in Vietnam
Within 10 days of each other, three unassociated Vietnamese human rights defenders were arrested in January and are currently being held in incommunicado pre-trial detention.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian writer Nazeer al-Majed has been held in incommunicado detention since 18 January after being sentenced by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh to seven years in prison. He is a prisoner of conscience at risk of torture and ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Algerian journalist Hassan Bouras released
Algerian journalist Hassan Bouras was released on 17 January after his sentence was reduced to a six-month suspended prison term on appeal.
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Urgent Action: Trans man and daughter threatened by police in Venezuela
Transgender lawyer Samantha Seijas was threatened by a police officer from the Aragua Police Force, in central Venezuela, while filing a complaint in a police station accompanied by his daughter. Fears exist for their safety.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
End Action Algeria: Journalist Mohamed Tamalt dies in detention in Algeria
British-Algerian freelance journalist Mohamed Tamalt, 41, died in custody, on 11 December 2016, in Mohamed Lamine Debaghine University Hospital in Bab El Oued, Algiers, over 5 months after his arrest.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Crimean lawyer released but still at risk in Ukraine
Human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov was released on 5 February in Simferopol, Crimea, having served 10 days in administrative detention to which he was sentenced as reprisal for his human rights work. Kurbedinov vowed to continue his work.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Four activists released but still charged in Indonesia
Hiskia Meage, Emanuel Ukago, Panus Hesegem and William Wim, detained for peaceful political demonstrations on 19 December 2016 in Manado, North Sulawesi, have been released by the police. They are still being charged with rebellion (makar) and could face…
Urgent action outcomes 09 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Activist still held despite rejected indictment in Turkey
Fashion designer and LGBTI activist Barbaros Şansal remains in pre-trial detention since 3 January for allegedly ‘inciting the public to hatred or hostility’, despite a court rejecting the indictment drawn up in his case. He must be freed immediately and…
Urgent action outcomes 09 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: One freed, heavy sentences for three others in Sudan
Kuwa Shumal A. Zumam was set free by the court on 2 January after the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to sustain the charges against him. Petr Jezek was sentenced to life imprisonment on 29 January, while Hassan A. Kodi and Abdulmonem…
Urgent action outcomes 09 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Refugee criminally charged for seeking asylum in Papua New Guinea
Loghman Sawari, an Iranian refugee, faces criminal charges in Papua New Guinea for allegedly using false information to obtain a passport to seek asylum in Fiji.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Iranian academic could be sentenced to death
Iranian academic specializing in disaster medicine Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, a resident of Sweden detained in Iran since 25 April 2016, has been threatened with the death penalty.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Feb 2017 -
UA update: Activists reunite with families; one still missing in Pakistan
Human rights activists Salman Haider, Waqas Goraya, Asim Saeed, and Ahmed Raza Naseer returned home between 27 – 29th January after being subjected to a suspected enforced disappearance in early January by security forces in Pakistan.
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Urgent Action update: Opposition member facing new charges in Congo
Additional charges were brought against Paulin Makaya on 6 January in connection with a shooting at the central prison of Brazzaville on 29 December 2016, while six of his acquaintances were visiting.
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Urgent Action: Indigenous leader killed, community at risk in Mexico
On 1 February, Indigenous leader Juan Ontiveros Ramos was found dead in Chihuahua State, northern Mexico.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Increasing smear campaign against defenders in Honduras
International organization Global Witness, along with Honduran organizations MILPAH, COPINH and CEHPRODEC are facing a smear campaign against them for their work defending land, territory and environmental rights in the country.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Paramilitary build-up in peace community in Colombia
Residents in several hamlets in or near the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in north-western Colombia continue to report the presence of paramilitaries.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Detainee held incommunicado in Venezuela
Retired general Raúl Isaías Baduel is currently in detention and has had no contact with his lawyers or family since 22 January.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Feb 2017