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Urgent Action update: Zimbabwe human rights defender re-arrested
Pastor Evan Mawarire, a human rights defender and leader of the #ThisFlag movement in Zimbabwe, was arrested again on 1 February on arrival at Harare International Airport.
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Urgent Action: Prisoners of conscience could face life in prison in Indonesia
Four Papuan political activists have been detained since 19 December 2016 in Manado, North Sulawesi Province for “rebellion” (makar).
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Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained for over a year in Argentina
The social leader Milagro Sala has been arbitrarily detained since 16 January. The Argentine government has not complied with the UN decision ordering her immediate release.
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Urgent Action good news: Children released from unlawful detention in India
Rayees Ahmad Mir and Waheed Ahmed Gojree have been released after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed their detention orders on 6 and 31 December 2016 respectively.
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Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience's conviction upheld in Kazakhstan
On 20 January, the Atyrau Regional Court in western Kazakhstan upheld the decision to sentence human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience Maks Bokaev and Talgat Ayan to five years in prison for their involvement in the organization of peaceful…
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Urgent Action: Demand release of human rights defender in Cuba
Five days after Fidel Castro’s death, human rights defender Eduardo Cardet was detained and has since been held in provisional detention in Holguín, south-east Cuba.
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Urgent Action: Bahraini's fate and whereabouts unknown
Fadhel Sayed Abbas Hasan Radhi has been detained without charge since his arrest on 29 September 2016. He has had no access to a lawyer and only limited access to his family.
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Urgent Action: Human rights lawyer incarcerated in Crimea
Prominent human rights lawyer in Crimea Emil Kurbedinov was sentenced to 10 days’ administrative detention on 26 January. He is being targeted for his human rights work and should be immediately released.
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Urgent Action: Human rights defender jailed for online activism in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Essam Koshak has been detained since 8 January 2017 for his online activism. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally.
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Urgent Action update: Man arrested at 17 faces imminent execution in Iran
Hamid Ahmadi, an Iranian man arrested as a juvenile, is at imminent risk of execution. He has been transferred to solitary confinement in Lakan prison in Rasht, northern Iran, in preparation for his execution on 4 February. He was 17 years old when he…
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Urgent Action: Two South Sudanese at risk of deportation in Kenya
Dong Samuel Luak, a prominent South Sudanese lawyer and human rights advocate, has been missing since the night of 23 January.
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UA update: Further paramilitary activity in peace community in Colombia
There have been further paramilitary incursions into several hamlets in or near the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in north-western Colombia.
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Urgent Action: Health concern for professor on hunger strike in Sudan
Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, 58, a prominent Sudanese human rights defender has been on hunger strike since 21 January 2017 to protest against his arbitrary detention.
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Urgent Action update: Baha'i man arbitrarily detained since August 2016 in Yemen
Keyvan Qadari, a Yemeni Baha’i, has been arbitrarily detained since 10 August 2016 and held incommunicado intermittently. Despite a release order, he remains detained without charge and is a prisoner of conscience.
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Urgent Action update: Fate and whereabouts of Bahraini unknown
Al-Sayed Alawi Hussain al-Alawi continues to be detained without charge or access to a lawyer since his arrest in October 2016.
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Urgent Action: Prominent peace activist detained without bail in Japan
Hiroji Yamashiro has been detained since mid-October 2016 after protesting against new U.S. military construction projects in Okinawa.
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Urgent Action: Detained opposition member hospitalised in Congo
Congolese political opposition member, Modeste Boukadia, has been hospitalised for the third time as a result of injuries he sustained during a severe beating by prison guards on 15 November 2016 while in prison.
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Urgent Action update: Student activist's fifth bail request denied in Thailand
On 1 February, on the expiry of his detention order, authorities are due to ask the courts permission to continue the detention of law student Jatupat Boonpattararaksa who may face up to 15 years’ imprisonment for posting a BBC article on Facebook.
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Urgent Action update: Jailed filmmaker needs urgent medical care in Iran
Jailed Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi is in urgent need of specialized medical care. After multiple episodes of coughing up blood, doctors at Tehran’s Evin prison have said that he has bronchitis and a lung infection, and needs immediate medical…
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Urgent Action: End harassment of indigenous rights defenders in Malaysia
Five indigenous (Orang Asli) human rights defenders and two journalists were arbitrarily detained by the Department of Forestry on 23 January following peaceful protests against logging licences granted by local authorities. They have all been released,…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jan 2017