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Urgent Action: Two Afro-descendant defenders criminalized in Colombia
Community leaders and human rights defenders have been unjustly detained and accused of charges they did not commit
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2018 -
Malaysia: Historic election result provides a 'huge opportunity' for human rightsMalaysia’s first change of government for almost 60 years presents a huge opportunity to break with the human rights violations of the past.
Press release 10 May 2018 -
Sudan: death sentence for raped teenager is 'intolerable act of cruelty'Noura Hussein was forced into marriage aged 16 and raped by her husband for refusing to consummate a marriage she opposed
Press release 10 May 2018 -
Fighting the Twitter TrollsThousands of digital activists are helping us build an algorithm that can detect online abuse automatically. Here’s how you can join the online movement taking on the trolls.
Blog post 10 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Five years imprisonment and fine in Indonesia for facebook post
Five years imprisonment for Facebook posts deemed to be insulting of Islam and for allegedly spreading ‘hate speech'
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Clampdown on free expression in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico authorities responded violently to demonstrations on 1 May by repressing protesters
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Man in Slovakia at risk of imminent extradition to Russia
Aslan Yandiev is once again at risk of imminent extradition following the decision of the Slovak Constitutional Court
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Two Afro-descendant defenders criminalized in Colombia
Community leaders and human rights defenders have been unjustly detained and accused of charges they did not commit.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2018 -
Met Police using 'racially discriminatory' Gangs Matrix databasePress release 09 May 2018
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USA: Senate committee should vote against Gina Haspel's appointment as CIA director'Ever since President Trump nominated Gina Haspel to become CIA director, we have called for her nomination to be withdrawn'
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North Korea: Release of U.S. prisoners highlights pressing human rights concernsPress release 09 May 2018
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Urgent Action good news: Supreme Court orders journalist's release in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court ordered the release of Aziz Orujov, an independent journalist and CEO of channel Canal 13.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Urge US Governor not to veto abolition bill
A bill abolishing the death penalty in the US state of New Hampshire, is due go to the Governor.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian Kurd at imminent risk of execution
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi is scheduled to be executed on 3 May.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Stop saying 'illegal' immigrantsThe word 'illegal' comes very easy to policy and law makers, but very few give much thought to what it means and whom it affects.
Blog post 08 May 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Women’s rights activists no longer at imminent risk in Ukraine
Vitaliana Koval and other defenders in Ukraine are no longer considered to be facing an imminent threat of violence.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Administrative detention term extended for activist in India
Human rights defender Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ has been held in administrative detention for over six months.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Fears for detained human rights defender's life in China
Huang Qi, founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “64 Tianwang” is seriously ill.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Prisoner of conscience released in Bahrain
On 26 March, political activist and prisoner of conscience, Fadhel Abbas Mahdi Mohamed was released from Jaw prison.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Greece: 'absurd' people smuggling charges against three NGO volunteers should be droppedPress release 07 May 2018
