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End Action: Ahmed Abdullah released on bail in Egypt
Prisoner of conscience Ahmed Abdullah was released on bail on 10 September after spending over four months in detention without trial.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed activist denied proper medical treatment in Vietnam
Prisoner of conscience Trần Thị Thúy’s health has seriously deteriorated since being diagnosed with a tumour in April 2015. Prison authorities continue to deny her proper medical treatment unless she confesses to the crimes for which she was convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Sep 2016 -
Update Urgent Action: One-year sentence upheld for Bahraini activist
Dr Sa’eed al-Samahiji had his one-year prison sentence upheld on appeal on 7 September
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Six detained in China for reporting G20 protests
Six citizen journalists from the Sichuan-based website “64 Tianwang” (www.64tianwang.com), were detained for covering protests in relation to the G20 Summit. Three have since been released but one is still missing and two remain in detention without any…
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Update Urgent Action: Elderly prisoner at risk of losing his eye sight in Iran
Kamal Foroughi, a 77-year-old British-Iranian man jailed in Tehran’s Evin Prison, has developed cataracts in both his eyes.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience needs medical care in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Saud al-Hashimi is reported to have recently suffered two strokes and is in urgent need of medical care. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Date set for political activist's verdict in Bahrain
Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals has set 26 October as the date on which it will issue its verdict in the case against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience needs medical care in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Saud al-Hashimi is reported to have recently suffered two strokes and is in urgent need of medical care. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Russian student jailed for playing Pokemon Go in church
On 11 August, Ruslan Sokolovsky published a video on YouTube in which he plays the mobile phone game “Pokemon GO” in one of the main churches in Yekaterinburg, the Urals
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
End Action: Brothers convicted: one freed, one still held in Sudan
Two activists, Emad Al Sadig Ismael Hamdoun and his brother Erwa Al Sadig Ismael Hamdoun have been sentenced to six months and one year imprisonment respectively by a court in Khartoum, Sudan. Both were sentenced to time already served. Emad Al Sadig…
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Tibetan monk imprisoned after protest
Tibetan monk Lobsang Drakpa is reported to have been sentenced to three years imprisonment.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Woman detained after surviving IS captivity in Iraq
A woman who survived IS abduction and captivity has been arbitrarily detained for almost two years in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She must be released immediately.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: 200 people made homeless in Mongolia face harsh winter
An estimated 200 people from Building #3 in Ulaanbaatar, including a disabled man and families with children, are in desperate need of adequate accommodation.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender forced to leave Zimbabwe
Evan Mawarire has left Zimbabwe fearing for his life as police continue to look for him even after all charges against him in relation to calling for a national stay-away were dismissed and he was freed. He risks arrest if he returns to Zimbabwe.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Death sentence for juvenile offender in Saudi Arabia
A Saudi Arabian Shi’a man has been sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for offences that occurred when he was 16 years old. He says he was held incommunicado in solitary confinement for five months and tortured into “confessing”.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activist released from psychiatric detention
Ilmi Umerov was released on 7 September after spending three weeks in forced psychiatric detention. He remains under criminal investigation for his peaceful activism against the Russian annexation of Crimea and could face a prison sentence, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Algerian prisoner of conscience remains in detention
A court upheld the conviction of Algerian activist Slimane Bouhafs for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook
Urgent action outcomes 09 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action End Action: Ongoing negotiations on refugees' condition in Jordan
Negotiations continue to find a solution for the circa 80,000 refugees stranded at the ‘berm’, a desert area located along the Jordan-Syria border.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Detained Angolan activist beaten by prison officials
Angolan youth activist, Francisco Mapanda, was beaten by prison officials for asking that his family be informed of a prison transfer before he agreed to it.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Detention of Ahmed Abdullah renewed.
The detention of Ahmed Abdullah has been renewed for a further 45 days, after a Cairo criminal court accepted an appeal against his release on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Sep 2016