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Urgent Action good news: Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence
With less than a week left in his term, former President Barack Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence on 17 January. While this welcome move was long overdue, the US government must now investigate the potential human rights violations that she…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights activist in arbitrary detention, Saudi Arabia
Issa al-Nukheifi, a Saudi Arabian human rights activist, was detained again and remains in detention since 18 December. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Aid services slowly resume in North Rakhine in Myanmar
Despite some continuing restrictions, humanitarian services such as food distribution, nutrition assistance and primary healthcare are slowly resuming in northern Rakhine State.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2017 -
UA Good News: Unlawfully detained Hindu fisherman out on bail in Bangladesh
Hindu fisherman Rasraj Das was granted bail on 16 January 2017 after spending more than two months in jail for allegedly posting an “offensive” image on Facebook.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Non-guilty verdict for men sentenced to death in China
After more than 13 years since Huang Zhiqiang, Fang Chunping, Cheng Fagen and Cheng Lihe were originally sentenced to death, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People’s Court has announced a not-guilty verdict.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action Good News: Cuban graffiti artist released
Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) was released over the weekend. Amnesty International had cons
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist detained for running online library in South Korea
Lee Jin-young has been arrested for the online distribution of materials that are deemed, by South Korean authorities, to ‘benefit’ North Korea. Detained since 5 January 2017, the prosecutor has until 4 February to either release or formally charge him.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Imprisoned woman in urgent need of surgery in Turkey
Sibel Çapraz is imprisoned and the authorities are denying her a vital and an urgent operation and adequate medical treatment. She was shot in November 2015 in Yüksekova, south-east Turkey, during clashes between security forces and the PKK. She was…
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2017 -
End Action: Execution in Virginia after clemency denied in USA
Ricky Gray was executed in Virginia on the evening of 18 January after the governor denied clemency. He was sentenced to death for the murder of two young children during a burglary in 2006 and to life imprisonment for the murder of their parents.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Two men forcibly disappeared in Yemen
The fate and whereabouts of two members of Yemen’s Baha’i community remain unknown following their arrest on 11 January.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Former governor still arbitrarily detained in South Sudan
Elias Waya Nyipuoch has been in arbitrary detention since 26 June 2016. He has not been charged with any offense. He was initially detained at the Giyada military barracks before being transferred to Bilpam Military Headquarters on 21 October 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Inhumane prison conditions need attention in Iran
Iranian prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Saeed Shirzad ended his 39-day hunger strike on 14 January after the authorities at Karaj’s Raja’i Shahr Prison made an oral promise to address his grievances about the inhumane treatment of…
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Dissident Iranian cleric in need of medical care
Elderly dissident Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekounam has been on hunger strike for 31 days in protest at his detention and the denial of specialized medical care by the authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Man missing during east Aleppo evacuation
The fate and whereabouts of Abdulhadi Kamel remain unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Tibetan education advocate indicted in China
Prisoner of conscience, Tashi Wangchuk, has now been indicted by the prosecutor after police had arrested him on suspicion of “inciting separatism” in March 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Six men at imminent risk of execution in Egypt
Six men submitted their final appeal to the Supreme Military Court in December 2016. The men were sentenced to death by a military court in May 2016, in a case marred by enforced disappearances and torture. If the court rejects their appeal, the men…
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Six men at imminent risk of execution in Egypt
Six men submitted their final appeal to the Supreme Military Court in December 2016. The men were sentenced to death by a military court in May 2016, in a case marred by enforced disappearances and torture. If the court rejects their appeal, the men…
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Sudanese activists held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
Two Sudanese nationals have been detained incommunicado since their arrest on 21 December 2016 in Saudi Arabia after they supported recent civil disobedience in Sudan on social media. They are prisoners of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Two men at imminent risk of execution in Bahrain
Mohamed Ramadhan ‘Issa ‘Ali Hussain and Hussain ‘Ali Moosa Hussain Mohamed, are at imminent risk of execution following the execution of three men on 15 January. Their death sentences were upheld by the Court of Cassation on 16 November 2015. Their trial…
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
End Action: Ildar Dadin moved to new prison in Russian Federation
Following revelations that he had been tortured in Segezha prison colony, prisoner of conscience Ildar Dadin was moved to a new prison colony.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jan 2017