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Urgent Action update: Court of cassation upholds death sentence
On 29 January, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence imposed against Maher Abbas Ahmad.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Lawyer detained for 'inciting subversion' in China
Beijing human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is currently being held under “residential surveillance in a designated location”
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Opposition member risks further ill-treatment in Gabon
Gabonese political opposition member, Bertrand Zibi Abeghe, has alleged that he was subjected to ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Two memorial activists released on bail in China
Independent writers Li Xuewen and Zhan Huidong (aka “Xiaozhang” or “Headmaster”), have been release on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jan 2018 -
Iran hangs man who was only 15 at time of alleged crime'This is nothing short of an all-out assault on children’s rights'
Press release 30 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Opposition member released from Sudan prison
Radwan Daoud, a dual national of the US and Sudan, was released without charge from Kober Prison on 18 January.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Supreme court blocks execution in Alabama
The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution in the case of Vernon Madison.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Jan 2018 -
Nigeria: Dozens killed after military air attacks on villages following deadly clashesPress release 29 Jan 2018
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Urgent Action: Execution reset in Texas, USA, despite delusional disorder
John Battaglia is due to be executed on 1 February, after trial court judge rejected the opinions of three psychologists
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action Good News: Peaceful protesters and activists released in Egypt
Human rights activist and former Prisoner of Conscience Mahienour el-Masry and labour activist Moatasem Medhat acquitted
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jan 2018 -
Turkey: Amnesty UK director Kate Allen to attend trial of colleagues in Istanbul'Turkey’s crackdown since the failed coup has been alarmingly indiscriminate'
Press release 26 Jan 2018 -
Yemen: 'heartbreaking' mass drowning is latest lethal consequence of conflictYemen is suffering a spiralling humanitarian crisis
Press release 26 Jan 2018 -
Papua New Guinea: Asylum-seeker on hunger strike restrained and force-fedAn asylum-seeker being treated in Papua New Guinea has been restrained for three days and is being force-fed by hospital staff.
Press release 26 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Ohio prepares for its first execution of 2018
Raymond Tibbetts, aged 60, is due to be executed in Ohio on 13 February.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2018 -
Libya: war crimes suspect 'shooting ten people' in video must be brought to justiceMahmoud al-Werfalli appears to shoot dead ten blindfolded figures in horrifying Benghazi video
Press release 25 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Student in Norway is at risk of deportation to Afghanistan
18-year old student Taibeh Abbasi is at imminent risk of being deported to Afghanistan, a country she has never been to.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2018 -
Attacks on NGOs will never be toleratedThe cowardly and despicable attack on a Save the Children office in Afghanistan will not stop the incredible and vital work they do for young people.
Blog post 25 Jan 2018 -
Russia: Authorities must release human rights activist held on 'preposterous' accusationsPress release 25 Jan 2018
