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Urgent Action: Nine anti-slavery activists held incommunicado in Mauritania
Nine members of the anti-slavery organization Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA) have been in incommunicado detention since their arrests.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Two siblings' trial date set for 19 September in UAE
On 27 June Amina ‘Abdouli and her brother Mos’ab ‘Abdouli appeared before the Supreme Federal Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The court set 19 September for their next trial hearing.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Sick prisoner of conscience returned to prison in Iran
Civil society activist and prisoner of conscience Saeed Hosseinzadeh was forced to interrupt his treatment and return to Tehran’s Evin Prison on 11 July after the Office of the Prosecutor refused to extend his medical leave despite doctors’ advice.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Offices of Caceres case lawyers burglarized
The offices of Honduran organization Broad Movement for Justice and Dignity were burglarized on 13 July. The burglar stole computers with sensitive information on high-profile cases they represent, including the assassination of human rights defender…
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Three Human Rights Defenders detained in Sudan
Three human rights defenders affiliated with the organization, TRACKS for Training and Human Development (TRACKS), remain arbitrarily detained without charge in Khartoum.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Chinese lawyer detained for defending client
Ren Quanniu was detained on 9 July on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” after he expressed concerns about his client and asking for an investigation into her condition while she was detained. He is at risk of torture and other ill-…
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Farmer's freedom of movement restricted in Mozambique
Benedito Sabãois concerned for his safety and is unable to leave Mozambique as people believed to be members of the secret service police confiscated his documents. He is unable to meet his daily living costs in Maputo and has had to rely on the support…
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Farmer's freedom of movement restricted in Mozambique
Benedito Sabão is concerned for his safety and is unable to leave Mozambique as people believed to be members of the secret service police confiscated his documents. He is unable to meet his daily living costs in Maputo and has had to rely on the support…
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Angolan youth activist must be released
Angolan youth activist, Francisco Mapanda, was charged with contempt of Court and subjected to a summary trial. He was sentenced to eight months in prison on 28 March.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Six protesters released in Algeria, one remains imprisoned
Six men serving a one-year prison sentence for taking part in a peaceful protest in late December 2015 in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, were released as part of a presidential pardon on 5 July. One other man, Dahmane Kerami, remains imprisoned.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoners of conscience, seven men still in jail in Togo
Two prisoners of conscience remain in arbitrary detention in Dapaong, Northern Togo. The Appeal Court of Kara on 6 June rejected their request to be released on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: In Greece, Syrians remain at risk of return to Turkey
The first two known Syrian refugees that became at risk of being forcibly returned to Turkey under the illegal EU-Turkey deal are challenging the decision on their asylum application before the Greek courts.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Stop harassing Egyptian human rights defenders
On 17 July, Cairo Criminal Court is due to review a judicial order to freeze the assets of five leading human rights defenders (HRDs), members of their family, an NGO and their staff.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Continued ill-treatment of detained soldiers in Lesotho
The court martial of 23 members of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) for mutiny charges has been postponed to 6 September. Sixteen of the accused remain in custody. The authorities continue to subject the detainees to ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Exact whereabouts of a hostage survivor in Bangladesh unknown
Hasnat Karim and his family survived a hostage attack in a restaurant. They were taken into custody for questioning. His family were released, but he has not been seen since 2 July.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Execution date set for man on death row for 34 years in USA
John Conner, a 60-year-old man who has been on death row in Georgia for 34 years, is scheduled to be executed on 14 July.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Execution date set for man on death row for 34 years in USA
John Conner, a 60-year-old man who has been on death row in Georgia for 34 years, is scheduled to be executed on 14 July.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Two prominent bloggers detained for tweets in China
Two bloggers who compiled and released data on protests in China were criminally detained on 15 June 2016 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Youth activists conditionally released in Angola
16 of the 17 Angolan youth activists were conditionally released following the Supreme Court’s decision on the habeas corpus. Nito Alves was later conditionally released following a Constitutional Court decision.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Risk of impunity in cases of forced sterilizations in Peru
The right to justice of thousands of women - mainly peasant, Indigenous and Quechua-speaking women – who were sterilized against their will is at risk, after authorities failed to file charges against those responsible before the legal deadline passed.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016