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Urgent Action: Journalist threatened by Chechen official in Russian Federation
The speaker of the Chechen parliament used his Instagram account to threaten prominent journalist Grigory Shvedov on 6 January.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist in Libya tortured and at risk of expulsion
Jabir Zain, an activist residing in Libya, continues to be detained in an unknown location over 100 days following his enforced disappearance by a militia in Tripoli.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Bahraini prisoner of conscience released
Bahraini activist Dr Sa’eed Mothaher Habib al-Samahiji has been released after completing his one-year prison sentence. He was a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Four human rights activists gone missing in Pakistan
Since the beginning of January activists Salman Haider, Waqas Goraya, Asim Saeed, and Ahmed Raza Naseer have gone missing in a suspected enforced disappearance by state security forces in Pakistan.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking activist in poor health in Evin, Iran
Iranian prisoner of conscience Ali Shariati is in poor health in Evin Prison, 67 days into an ongoing hunger strike against his imprisonment.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Lawyer held incommunicado at risk of torture in China
Authorities confirm that Beijing human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, last heard from on 21 November 2016, has been placed under “residential surveillance in a designated location” on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power”.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: LGBTI activist held in pre-trial detention in Turkey
Fashion designer and LGBTI activist Barbaros Şansal is being held in pre-trial detention, accused of ‘inciting the public to hatred or hostility’ for a video message and tweet he shared on social media on New Year’s Eve.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three freed, four more arbitrarily detained in South Sudan
Two of the 30 men who had been in arbitrary detention in the prison at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters were released.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Twenty activists arrested after peaceful sit-in in the DRC
Twenty activists of the youth movement Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA) were arrested during a peaceful sit-in in the city of Goma on 21 December.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Activist arrested for 'leaking state secrets' in China
Huang Qi, founder of Sichuan-based website “64 Tianwang” (www.64tianwang.com), who has not been heard from since he was taken away on 28 November, has been formally arrested for “leaking state secrets”. He still does not have access to a lawyer.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Detained 70-year old professor's health at risk in Pakistan
70-year-old retired professor Dr Zafar Arif was arrested on 22 October and remains without access to a lawyer or medical care. He is a heart patient and there are grave concerns for his health.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Two political activists charged with rebellion in Indonesia
Two Papuan political activists have been detained as a result of their peaceful political activities and charged with “rebellion” under the Indonesian Criminal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Woman charged on torture-tainted evidence in Iraq
A woman who survived IS captivity has been charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law and will face trial on 21 February 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Missing lawyer is said to be in police custody in China
Beijing human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, last heard from on 21 November, is said to be in held in police custody for allegedly “leaking state secrets”.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist's bail revoked for commenting on Facebook in Thailand
Activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa may face up to 15 years’ imprisonment for posting a news article online.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Human rights defender reunited with family in Pakistan
Human rights defender Wahid Baloch has been released more than four months after suspected enforced disappearance by state security forces in Karachi.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Allow jailed mother visits from her daughter in Iran
Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials have pressured British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, a prisoner of conscience, to choose between moving her two-year-old daughter into prison with her for up to three days a week or sign a…
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Police return defender's seized vehicles in Nicaragua
On 10 December Nicaraguan police returned two vehicles that they had taken possession of from human rights defender Francisca Ramírez 10 days before.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action: Torture fears for missing website founder in China
Huang Qi, founder of Sichuan-based website “64 Tianwang” (www.64tianwang.com), was taken from his home in Chengdu, Sichuan Province by 15 public security officers on 28 November.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action: NGO founder on hunger strike after conviction in Tunisia
Former prison officer and NGO founder Walid Zarrouk is on hunger strike in protest against his 24 November prison sentences for "insulting public officials".
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2016