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Urgent Action: Hundreds killed under Philippines' new President
Hundreds of criminal suspects allegedly linked to the drug trade have been killed since June 30, the day President Duterte took office in the Philippines. Some of these cases may amount to extrajudicial executions.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Aug 2016 -
Update: Over 2,000 women once again denied justice in Peru
The prosecutor at the head of the investigation into the charges against those responsible for the forced sterilization of over 2,000 peasant and Indigenous women living in poverty has ruled to close the majority of the cases
Urgent action outcomes 10 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Islam Khalil repeatedly tortured by prison officials in Egypt
Islam Khalil, who was subjected to enforced disappearance for 122 days, has been tortured in detention and placed in solitary confinement after he spoke out against putting more detainees in his already overcrowded cell.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youth's execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth, Alireza Tajiki, has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash…
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's trial postponed to 5th September
Bahraini prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab appeared before the High Criminal Court on 2 August. His trial was adjourned to 5 September, and his continued detention and referral for medical checks was ordered. His lawyers’ request for his release on…
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Three Lao activists held incommunicado
Three Lao human rights activists have been arrested in circumstances that may constitute enforced disappearances. They remain in incommunicado detention since they appeared on national television on 25 May in a report that confirmed that they had been…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youths execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth, Alireza Tajiki, has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Whereabouts of Burundian journalist unknown
Jean Bigirimana was last seen in Bugarama, Muramvya province, on 22 July. There are indications that Jean Bigirimana was arrested by security forces. The police spokesperson has however denied these allegations.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent action update: Two year sentence for taking part in a protest
Congolese political opposition member Paulin Makaya was sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of 3,800 Euros for taking part in an unauthorized protest. Paulin Makaya is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youth's execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth Alireza Tajiki has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash his…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Three Laos activists held incommunicado
Three Lao human rights activists have been arrested in what may constitute enforced disappearances. They remain in incommunicado detention since they appeared on national television on 25 May.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese activist on hunger strike at grave risk
Jailed Chinese Human Rights Defender Yang Maodong (better known by his pen name Guo Feixiong) has been on hunger strike since 9 May in protest of his ill-treatment by the authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Four executed, ten still at risk in Indonesia
Four men were executed in Indonesia on 29 July for drug-related offences. Nine other men and one woman received a last-minute temporary stay of execution after they were also taken to the execution grounds.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender at risk of torture in Pakistan
Human rights defender Wahid Baloch may have been subjected to enforced disappearance by state security forces in Karachi, Pakistan, on the afternoon of 26 July. His family does not know where he is or what has happened to him.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Two activists still detained in Kazakhstan
On 29 July, the Atyrau City Court in Kazakhstan ruled to keep prisoners of conscience Maks Bokaev and Talgat Ayan in pre-trial detention until 31 August.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian man released from death row
Ehsan Shah Ghasemi, a 25-year-old Iranian man who had been on death row since October 2014, was released from prison on 13 March after he was pardoned by the victim’s family in September 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian prisoner of conscience ends hunger strike
Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, a prisoner of conscience, ended her hunger strike after 20 days on 16 July when she was allowed a 30-minute telephone call with her children.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese Human Rights Lawyer at risk of torture
Lawyer Ren Quanniu was detained on 9 July on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” after voicing concerns about his client’s condition in detention. He hasn’t had access to a lawyer since 11 July. He is at risk of torture and other ill-…
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Detained South Sudanese newspaper editor charged
Alfred Taban, prominent journalist and chief editor of the daily English newspaper, Juba Monitor, has been charged with ‘publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to Southern Sudan’ and ‘undermining the authority of or insulting the…
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Freed Bahraini prisoner of conscience back in court
Bahraini prisoner of conscience Ebrahim Sharif was released from Jaw prison having served a one-year prison sentence over a peaceful speech he made in July 2015. The prosecution have appealed the verdict and he is due back in court on 13 October.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2016