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UA good news: Child released from administrative detention in Israel/OPT
Abed al-Rahman Awad Kmail was released by the Israeli authorities from administrative detention on 2 October after nearly eight months in detention in Megiddo prison inside Israel. He had spent his 17th birthday in detention.
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Urgent Action good news: Texas court blocks execution
On 2 December, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution to John Battaglia, a 61-year-old man who was scheduled to be executed in Texas on 7 December.
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UA good news: Detained Kashmiri human rights defender released in India
Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, was released from administrative detention on 30 November, five days after a court ruled his detention under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act arbitrary and illegal.
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Urgent Action good news: Angolan activist released a week early
Francisco Mapanda (also known as Dago Nível Intelecto) was released from Comarca de Caquila prison on 21 November, seven days earlier than when he was due to be released. The reason for his early release is unknown.
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Urgent Action good news: Charge dropped, Ebrahim Sharif remains free in Bahrain
Bahraini political activist Ebrahim Sharif’s one year prison sentence was upheld on 7 November by the Appeal Court. He remains free having already completed one year in prison on 11 July.
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Urgent Action: Cuban graffiti artist arrested again
Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) – named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International in 2015 – was re-arrested on 26 November, shortly after the announcement of Fidel Castro’s death.
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Urgent Action: Man faces execution after grossly unfair trial in Saudi Arabia
A Shi’a man is at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia after he exhausted all his appeals. He was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial.
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Urgent Action update: Five years in prison for planning a rally in Kazakhstan
Prisoners of conscience Maks Bokaev and Talgat Ayan have been convicted on 28 November of “incitement of discord”, “spreading of false information” and organizing unsanctioned demonstrations.
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UA good news: Alternative housing provided for ten families in Mongolia
Ten families from Building #3 in Ulaanbaatar (UB), previously facing homelessness during this severe winter, have been provided with alternative housing.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Website founder detained for 'subversion' in China
Liu Feiyue, founder and director of Hubei-based human rights website “Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch” (http://www.msguancha.com), has been detained for subversion and if convicted, could face life imprisonment.
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Urgent Action update: End Harassment of Palestinian human rights lawyer
Israeli authorities have their final chance to take forward the prosecution of Palestinian human rights defender Anas Barghouti at a hearing on 6 December.
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Urgent Action: Opposition members held as protests continue in Sudan
At least 23 members of Sudan’s political opposition parties have been arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) between 4 and 27 November.
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Urgent Action: Youth in Iran arrested in his teens at risk of execution
Himan Uraminejad has been warned by prison officials that he is at risk of execution as Iran’s Head of Judiciary has approved the implementation of his death sentence. He has been on death row since 2012 for a crime committed when he was 17 years old.
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Urgent Action: Peaceful activist sentenced to a year in prison in Indonesia
Peaceful Papuan political activist, Steven Itlay, has been convicted of ‘incitement’ and sentenced to one year imprisonment in Timika, Papua province.
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Urgent Action: Spurious charges for human rights defender in Iran
Iranian human rights defender Mansoureh Behkish is facing trumped-up national security charges for peacefully defending the right to truth and justice concerning the mass killings of political prisoners, including her siblings and brother-in-law, during…
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Attempt on the life of peasant farmer in Colombia
An attempt was made on the life of a leader of the La Europa peasant farmer community in northern Colombia, as concern rises about a wave of killings of human rights defenders, including land activists.
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Urgent Action: Missing lawyer at risk of torture in China
Beijing human rights lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, has not been heard from since 21 November when he was due to board a train to Beijing from Changsha, Hunan.
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Urgent Action: Ex-government official held incommunicado in Gambia
Mamadou Sajo Jallow, an ex-deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs has been held incommunicado for more than two months at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) without access to his family or a lawyer. He remains in detention despite a court granting him…
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Urgent Action: Three Baha'i men in arbitrary detention in Yemen
Three members of Yemen’s Baha’i community have been arbitrarily detained since 10 August. One was held incommunicado for six weeks. All three remain detained without charge. They are prisoners of conscience.
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Urgent Action: Turkey permanently closes hundreds of NGOs
375 registered associations and NGOs were permanently closed and their assets seized following an executive decree No. 677 issued on 22 November.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Nov 2016