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Urgent Action update: Improved conditions for detained jounalist in Bangladesh
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist has been moved out of solitary confinement but concerns remain that he is still not being granted adequate medical care.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Returned activists at risk of unfair trial in China
Two Chinese activists are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and unfair trial. They were recognized as refugees by the UN’s Refugee Agency, but were forcibly returned to China from Thailand in violation of international law. One had been held in…
Urgent action outcomes 27 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Ukraine: Crimean Tatar activist forcibly disappeared
Crimean Tatar activist Ervin Ibragimov went missing on 24 May. Footage from a CCTV camera shows a group of men forcing him into a van and driving away. He has not been heard from since, and there are serious concerns for his safety.
Urgent action outcomes 27 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defenders under threat in South Africa
Sikhosiphi Rhadebe, land rights activist and chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC), was shot dead in March. Before his death he learnt that his name was on a ‘hit list’ and so were those of two other leaders of the ACC. There are concerns…
Urgent action outcomes 26 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Guarani Kaiowa risk imminent forced eviction in Brazil
The Apika’y Indigenous People, one of the most vulnerable of the Guarani Kaiowá communities of Mato Grosso do Sul state, are once again facing forced eviction. The judge who issued the eviction order only notified the community five days in advance, and…
Urgent action outcomes 26 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Accused of being opposition leader, shot at in Mozambique
Benedito Sabão was arbitrarily arrested, detained and shot by suspected secret service police, allegedly for supporting RENAMO, the main opposition party in Mozambique. While he survived the attempt, he is still subject to threats.
Urgent action outcomes 26 May 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Omani writer released without charge
Omani writer, journalist and human rights activist Sulaiman al-Ma’mari was released without charge on 19 May, following 22 days detained in solitary confinement.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese activists still at risk of torture in detention
The whereabouts of two missing activists, Tang Zhishun and Xing Qingxian, are finally known after their family members revealed arrest notices dated 4 May.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Stateless lawyer at imminent risk of expulsion in Bahrain
Bahraini lawyer, Taimoor Karimi, was stripped of his nationality in 2012 and has been effectively rendered stateless.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 10 May in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Health concern for detained Bangladeshi journalist
Eighty-one-year-old Bangladeshi journalist and editor Shafik Rehman is in poor health in Kashimpur Central Jail outside of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Poor prison condition for Papuan activist in Indonesia
A Papuan political activist arrested on 5 April as a result of his peaceful political activities has been suffering from chest pain and frequent headaches due to poor detention conditions.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Iranian businessman in long-term solitary confinement
Lebanese national and permanent US resident Nizar Zakka has been held in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison since his arrest on 18 September 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Rights defender facing criminal prosecution in Russia
Prominent human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko has been repeatedly summoned by an investigator and may become the first to be criminally prosecuted under the “foreign agents law”.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Dr Nasser Bin Ghaith charged, case adjourned in UAE
Dr Nasser bin Ghaith appeared before the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi on 2 May. His case has been adjourned until 23 May.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Syrians returned from Greece arbitrarily detained in Turkey
group of 12 Syrian refugees, including four children, have been arbitrarily detained at the Düziçi camp since 27 April
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Chinese activist in dire need of adequate medical care
Yang Maodong started a hunger strike on 9 May to protest his humiliating and threatening treatment by the authorities
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained for stating intention to attend a rally in Kazakhstan
At least 24 people have been arrested since 17 May in different parts of Kazakhstan and have been sentenced to administrative detention
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: British-Iranian charity worker detained in Iran
British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has been detained in an undisclosed detention centre in Kerman, southern Iran, since 3 April
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2016 -
Urgent action update: Bidun Human Rights Defender's sentence upheld in Kuwait
Human rights defender and member of the stateless Bidun community ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli had his one-year imprisonment sentence followed by deportation upheld by the Court of Cassation on 16 May. He has been on hunger strike since his arrest on 18 April.
Urgent action outcomes 19 May 2016