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Urgent Action update: 26 people killed after prison riots spread in Brazil
Twenty-six men were killed and nine others severely injured in Alcaçuz prison in Rio Grande do Norte state, following the spread of riots and conflicts between criminal gangs in northern Brazilian prisons.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Four youth activists released on bail in Angola
Four Angolan youth activists who are part of the Benguela Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário de Benguela) are out on bail. The youth activists have not been charged.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Congress to vote on regressive torture bill in Mexico
The Mexican lower house of Congress has finalized its version of a General Law on Torture. This version of the bill has key amendments that, if passed, would increase impunity for torture and undermine access to justice in relation to torture complaints.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Graffiti artist still in maximum-security prison in Cuba
Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) continues to be detained in a maximum-security prison, a month and a half after his arrest.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Refugees and migrants freezing in Serbia
Over a thousand refugees and migrants are being exposed to disease and inhuman living conditions by the Serbian authorities who are fail to provide accommodation, food and healthcare to them.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
UA update: Activists released but still charged with rebellion in Indonesia
Hosea Yeimo and Ismael Alua, detained on 19 December for peaceful political demonstrations, have been released by the police. They are still being charged with rebellion (makar) and could face up to life imprisonment.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Fourth death sentence issued before new year in Belarus
Kiryl Kazachok was sentenced to death by the Gomel Regional Court, in southeast Belarus, on 28 December. His was the fourth death sentence to be issued in Belarus in 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Violent repression of Mapuche peoples in Argentina
On 10 and 11 January security forces violently repressed members of the Mapuche community of Cushamen in Chubut, Argentina.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Kachin pastors missing after assisting journalists in Myanmar
Two ethnic Kachin pastors, who had been helping journalists report on military abuses in northern Shan State, have been missing since 24 December 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Journalists' sentences reduced, one aquitted in Oman
On 26 December, the Appeal Court in Muscat reduced the three-year prison sentences of two Azamn journalists, Ibrahim al-Maamari and Youssef al-Haj, to six and 12 months respectively.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Mental health experts support clemency in USA
Ricky Gray is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 18 January. More than 50 mental health professionals have written to the state governor in support of clemency in view of the prisoner’s childhood of severe sexual and physical abuse and its impact on…
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three men now face imminent execution in Bahrain
On 9 January the Court of Cassation in Bahrain upheld death sentences against three Bahraini men. It also upheld life sentences against seven others and the revocation of the nationality of eight of them.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action Myanmar: Torture fears for hundreds-Rohingya detained in Myanmar
Hundreds of Rohingya have been detained as part of the ongoing security operation in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Website founder for 'inciting subversion' in China
Liu Feiyue, founder and director of Hubei-based human rights website “Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch” (www.msguancha.com), has been formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power”.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Lucha activist in incommunicado detention in DRC
Youth activist Musasa Tshibanda remains in incommunicado detention after the release of his fellow activist Gloria Senga on 27 December.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
UA update: Abortion vote pending after president's veto in Dominican Republic
In December 2016, the Dominican President rejected a regressive reform of the Criminal Code regarding abortion that had previously been adopted by the Senate.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Malaysian national faces imminent execution in Singapore
Prabagaran Srivijayan, a Malaysian national, was convicted and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty on 22 July 2012 in Singapore. The execution could take place as early as next week.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Hindu fisherman kept in unlawful detention in Bangladesh
Hindu fisherman Rasraj Das has been detained in Bangladesh since October 2016. He was arrested for allegedly posting an “offensive” image on Facebook and charged with “hurting religious sentiment”. He could face up to 14 years in prison if convicted.…
Urgent action outcomes 13 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Over 90 men killed in Brazilian prison riots
In the first week of January, over 90 men were killed (shot dead, beheaded or quartered) in prisons in Amazonas and Roraima states in northern Brazil, as a result of riots and conflicts between criminal gangs.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Veteran activist sentenced to death in China
A court in China’s Henan province has convicted and sentenced Xu Youchen to death for killing a policeman when authorities were taking him and his wife away for peaceful petitioning.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jan 2017