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Urgent Action Update: Three death sentnces upheld in Bahrain
The Bahraini High Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentences imposed against three Bahraini men and life sentences against seven others after an unfair trial in relation to the killing of three policemen in March 2014.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Four Libyan men acquitted and released
Four Libyan men, three of them with dual nationality, were acquitted on 30 May by the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of providing support to “terrorist” groups.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Malaysian blogger at risk of prison for facebook post
Malaysian blogger Vivian Lee has been found guilty of sedition and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for a Facebook post she made in July 2013. She will be imprisoned if her final appeal is rejected.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Eight facebook users charged, awaiting trial in Thailand
Eight persons linked to a satirical Facebook community page were charged with sedition and computer crimes on 28 April. They are scheduled to appear in a military court on 3 July. Two of them are still detained on the additional charge of offending the…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Malek Adly's detention renewed for 15 days in Egypt
A Cairo court renewed on 1 June the detention of prisoner of conscience Malek Adly for 15 days. The human rights lawyer is in poor health, has been ill-treated and is held in solitary confinement. He is one of hundreds arrested in the wake of protests in…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Egypt: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 28 June
A Cairo court adjourned to 28 June the trial of photojournalist Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: One sibling acquitted, three are still missing, in UAE.
On 30 May the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) acquitted Moza ‘Abdouli of insulting the UAE, its leaders, and its institutions in tweets she posted in March 2013. Her three siblings remain detained in an undisclosed location.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: One sibling acquitted, three are still missing, in UAE
On 30 May the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) acquitted Moza ‘Abdouli of insulting the UAE, its leaders, and its institutions in tweets she posted in March 2013. Her three siblings remain detained in an undisclosed location.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Al-Hamid sentenced to 9 years in prison in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Issa al-Hamid has been sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted by the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh for his peaceful human rights activism. If detained he will be a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent action update: Egypt: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 28 June
A Cairo court adjourned to 28 June the trial of photojournalist Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgen Action update: Iran: 16-Year prison sentence for Narges Mohammadi
Iranian human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment after her trial on 20 April. She suffers from serious illnesses and needs ongoing specialized medical care, which she cannot receive in…
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update:Release youth activists & investigate torture in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani youth activists Bayram Mammadov and Giyas Ibrahimov have been in detention since 10 May, accused of drug possession, after painting political graffiti on the former President’s statue.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Court denies Belén's release in Argentina
Belén continues to be detained in Tucuman Province, northern Argentina, after suffering a miscarriage in a public hospital.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Returned Chinese activists at risk of unfair trial
Two Chinese activists, Jiang Yefei and Dong Guangping, are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: South Korean woman denied medical help on hunger strike
On 26 May 2016, the High Court of Seoul upheld the two-year prison sentence of Kim Hye-young, a woman in South Korea with thyroid cancer, who was earlier arrested for taking part in a peaceful demonstration.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Tried for tweets, her siblings disappeared in UAE
Moza ‘Abdouli is due to be sentenced on 30 May by the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Eight Sudanese human rights activists detained
Six staff members and a volunteer from TRACKS for Training and Human Development and the visiting director of Al Zarqa for Rural Development organisation have been detained since 22 May at the office of the National Intelligence and Security Service (…
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian musicians and filmaker summoned to jail
Iranian musicians Mehdi Rajabian and Yousef Emadi, and filmmaker Hossein Rajabian have been summoned to start serving a three-year prison sentence, imposed for their artistic work.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Minority religious leaders detained and charged in Indonesia
Three followers of the ‘Millah Abraham’ religious belief are being detained by the Indonesian national police.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: María Teresa’s release at risk in El Salvador
María Teresa Rivera, a Salvadoran woman recently released after four years in prison for pregnancy-related charges, risks being sent back to trial if the Attorney General decides to appeal the judge’s ruling that just set her free.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016