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Urgent Action: Fears for safety of murder victim's family in Venezuela
Luis Urbano, son of human rights defender José Luis Urbano, was murdered by police officers in the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela, on 10 October. The safety of his family is at risk.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Two Indian children held in unlawful detention
Two teenage boys in Jammu and Kashmir are being detained in prison under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), which expressly prohibits the detention of anyone under 18 years of age.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update:Tajikistani lawyers jailed on politically motivated charges
Tajikistani lawyer Buzurgmekhr Yorov, and his co-defendant, lawyer Nuriddin Makhkamov, were sentenced on 6 October to 23 and 21 years in prison respectively.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained opposition members risk ill-treatment in Ethiopia
Ethiopian security forces have arrested Aweke Tezera, Blen Mesfin, Eyasped Tesfaye, Abebe Akalu and Tena Yitayew for exercising their freedom of expression to criticise the government.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Vietnamese human rights blogger arrested
Human rights defender Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, known as blogger Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom) was arrested on 10 October and has been charged with “conducting propaganda” against the state under Article 88 of Viet Nam’s Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Female detainees sexually attacked in prison in Somalia
For the past month, female detainees at Gabiley prison have complained of sexual violence, including rape, and other forms of torture and ill-treatment by the male guards at the prison.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Omani journalists released, next hearing date set
Azamn editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Maamari and deputy editor-in-chief Youssef al-Haj were released on 10 October after the Appeal Court in Muscat reduced their bail. The next hearing in the case has been set for 7 November.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Student leader's fate and whereabouts unknown in Pakistan
24-year-old student leader Shabbir Baloch may have been subjected to enforced disappearance by the security forces during a day-long military operation in Gwarkop in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's trial postponed to 31 October in Bahrain
The High Criminal Court has postponed its verdict in the case of Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab to 31 October.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Four released on bail, five still detained in Togo
Two prisoners of conscience and two other men have been released on bail in Dapaong, Northern Togo.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Four released on bail, five still detained in Togo
Two prisoners of conscience and two other men have been released on bail in Dapaong, Northern Togo.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Two journalists on trial for defamation in Timor Leste
Two Timorese journalists, Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Vicente Martins, are facing trial on criminal defamation charges filed by Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister over a 2015 article they published about irregularities during the tendering process for a…
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Hundreds stranded on Mexico–US border at risk
Hundreds of displaced Haitians, Africans and internally displaced Mexicans are stranded in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, many awaiting appointments with US Customs and Border Protection across the border.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Woman arbitrarily detained with her infant in Iraq
A woman who survived IS captivity continues to be arbitrarily detained with her infant daughter in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She was arrested on 25 October 2014.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Family imprisoned for selling poppy seed in Russian Federation
Four members of the Polukhin family were accused of drug trafficking in 2010 for selling culinary poppy seeds and each sentenced to eight years in prison after an unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Defender threatened for work with campesinos in Argentina
Human rights defender and social leader Rubén Ortiz is suffering from constant threats and intimidation related to his support for the rights of peasant farmer (campesino) communities and mission workers in Argentina.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Imminent execution of 22-year-old Iranian woman in Iran
Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, is at risk of execution following an unfair trial in which she was convicted of the murder of her husband. She was 17 years old at the time of the crime. She could be executed as early as 13…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Grave concern over Thai computer crimes act
Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly is considering amendments to the rights-restricting Computer Crimes Act (2007).
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Kuwaiti Bidun rights defender imprisoned
On 20 September, the Misdemeanours Court of Cassation upheld a sentence of one year’s imprisonment and deportation of ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli, a defender of the rights of the stateless Bidun community in Kuwait, for charges relating to a peaceful…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained without charge for over three months in South Sudan
South Sudanese Military Police arrested Elias Waya Nyipuoch, former governor of Wau state, on the morning of 26 June.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Oct 2016