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Urgent Action: Five men in secret detention in Ukraine
Authorities must urgently release five men believed to be in secret detention in the Security Service’s compound in Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Detained Chinese activist end hunger strike
Imprisoned Chinese Human Rights Defender Yang Maodong (better known by his pen name Guo Feixiong) ended his hunger strike on 18 August after being moved to another prison and promised humane treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Pro-Biafran activist shot and abducted in Nigeria
Sunday Chucks Obasi (30) was abducted in Amuko Nnewi Anambra State on 16 August by armed men suspected to be Nigerian security agents who had a vehicle with a government registration plate. He was injured during the incident. His whereabouts remain…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Jordan border closure worsens refugees' condition
Since Jordan sealed its border with Syria, around 80,000 refugees have been stranded in a desert area known as the ‘berm’, subjected to sand storms and searing heat. They are still not receiving essential and life-saving assistance.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Librarian's case sent back for investigation in Russia
The Moscow Prosecutor General’s office refused to sign the indictment against Natalya Sharina and the case was sent back for further investigation. It is expected that Natalya Sharina’s house arrest will be extended on 26 August. She is a prisoner of…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience subject to ill-treatment in Vietnam
Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức, a human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, serving a 16-year sentence has been transferred to a remote prison in northern Viet Nam.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Pro-Biafran activist shot and abducted in Nigeria
Sunday Chucks Obasi (30) was abducted in Amuko Nnewi Anambra State on 16 August by armed men suspected to be Nigerian security agents who had a vehicle with a government registration plate. He was injured during the incident. His whereabouts remain…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Asylum seekers, refugees at risk of deportation in Djibouti
For the past month, Djiboutian authorities have been rounding up and detaining hundreds of Ethiopian asylum seekers and refugees with the aim of deporting them back to Ethiopia.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Aug 2016 -
UA update: 81-year-old journalist detained without charge in Bangladesh
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist arrested on 16 April, is still detained without charge in Dhaka Central Jail more than four months after his arrest.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Texas court blocks execution
On 19 August, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution to Jeffery Wood, who was scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: 10-year-old Syrian girl in need of surgery evacuated
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl seriously wounded by sniper fire at a Syrian government checkpoint on 2 August, was successfully evacuated to Damascus to receive the urgent surgery she needed.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience in need of medical care in Iran
Iranian postgraduate student Hamid Babaei is being denied access to the specialized medical care he needs, including medication.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Ngo staff and families at risk of asset freezing in Egypt
On 17 September an Egyptian court will rule on whether to freeze the assets of leading human rights defenders and members of their families as part of the “foreign funding case”.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Algerian sentenced to 5 years in prison for facebook posts
Algerian activist Slimane Bouhafs started to serve a five-year prison term after a court in Sétif, eastern Algeria, charged him with insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad for posts he made on Facebook.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: 12 Individuals face lengthy prison sentence in Thailand
12 individuals from northern Thailand face trial in a military court and up to 22 years imprisonment each for alleged involvement in the mailing of thousands of letters critical of Thailand’s draft constitution.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Hasnat Karim appeared in court on 4 August in Bangladesh
Hasnat Karim, who was in the restaurant in Dhaka that was attacked on 1 July, was brought by the Bangladesh police to the Metropolitan Magistrates Court on 4 August, after being held incommunicado for weeks without being brought before a judge.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
End Action: Rights lawyer and journalist released in Egypt
Mahienour El-Massry and Youssef Shaaban were released on 13 August after serving their 15-month prison sentence. Loay El-Kahwagi, who was sentenced in the same case, is still serving his sentence and is due to be released in March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Blogger in Singapore faces up to three years in prison
Seventeen-year-old blogger Amos Yee appeared in court on 17 August. He faces up to three years in prison under the Singapore Penal Code for posts in which he allegedly “wounded the religious feelings of others”. His trial is currently ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Blogger in Singapore faces up to three years in prison
Seventeen-year-old blogger Amos Yee appeared in court on 17 August. He faces up to three years in prison under the Singapore Penal Code for posts in which he allegedly “wounded the religious feelings of others”. His trial is currently ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Dr Ahmed Abdullah's detention renewed again in Egypt
Egyptian authorities rejected the appeal of human rights defender Dr Ahmed Abdullah against the renewal of his detention for a further 45 days.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016