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Urgent Action: Three Omani journalists on trial face jail
The trial of two detained Omani journalists in connection with articles they published alleging corruption in the judiciary, and a third journalist for his tweets, is ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prominent Chinese blogger claims abuse in detention
Lu Yuyu told his lawyer that he had been beaten by police officers and is suffering from sleep deprivation.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Bangladeshi journalist released
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist who was arrested on 16 April, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Activist forcibly detained in psychiatric hospital in Ukraine
Prisoner of conscience Ilmi Umerov was sent to a psychiatric institution “for examination” on 18 August.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Chinese activist in danger after 'suicide attempt'
Detained activist Xing Wangli is in a critical condition with severe injuries to his head and lungs after what authorities claim was a failed suicide attempt.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Egyptian released after torture and dissappearence
Islam Khalil, a 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture, was released on 31 August by the National Security Agency, 10 days after the prosecution ordered his release on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Health concern for British-Algerian journalist in Algeria
British-Algerian freelance journalist Mohamed Tamalt is currently in intensive care. He fell into a coma over a week ago.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Omani prisoner of conscience released
Omani prisoner of conscience Saeed Jaddad was released from prison on 26 August, having served nine months of a one-year prison sentence under Oman’s cybercrimes law for a blog he wrote in October 2014.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Omid Kokabee granted conditional release in Iran
Iranian physicist Omid Kokabee, who was on medical leave following his surgery for advanced kidney cancer, has been granted conditional release.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Student activist arrested for facebook posts in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been arrested in Rajshahi in Bangladesh after making two Facebook posts criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained pastor on hunger strike since 8 August in Vietnam
Pastor Nguyễn Công Chính is a Vietnamese prisoner of conscience serving an 11-year sentence. He has been on hunger strike since 8 August in protest at abusive treatment, denial of rights and lack of response to complaints by officials. He is in poor…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Opposition leader faces imminent execution in Bangladesh
The Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal of Mir Quasem Ali and upheld his death sentence. The only remaining avenue available to him is to seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Thirteen anti-slavery activists convicted in Mauritania
13 Mauritanian anti-slavery activists who are members of the anti-slavery organization Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA) have been sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Egyptian human rights defender Malek Adly released
Human rights defender Malek Adly has been released on 28 August after he spent 115 days in detention. The court did not set bail as a condition of his release but required him to specify a place of residence as he faces an ongoing criminal investigation.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Mir Quasem Ali, a senior member of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 3 September. The Supreme Court rejected his review petition on 30 August and he did not seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Beaten and still detained after bail was paid in Egypt
One week since Islam Khalil’s bail of 50,000 Egyptian pounds (US$5,510) was paid, the 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture has yet to be released.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Disappeared man freed from secret detention in Ukraine
Dmytro Koroliov was released on 2 August after spending one year in secret detention in the Security Service of Ukraine compound in Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: 14-Year-Old Egyptian boy tortured to confess
Egypt’s National Security Agency subjected 14-year-old Aser Mohamed to enforced disappearance for 34 days. The boy claims that he was tortured and ill-treated to confess to offences he did not commit.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Activists summoned by police risk imprionment in Thailand
Police have summoned six individuals, including two staff of a human rights organization, in relation to a criminal investigation into a “Speak for Freedom” event held on 31 July. All six are expected to report to the police station on 31 August.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Defamation investigation suspended in Indonesia
Indonesian police suspended their investigation into a defamation complaint against human rights activist Haris Azhar.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2016