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Urgent Action: Two singer-songwriter activists criminally detained in China
Activists Xu Lin and Liu Sifang have been criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Mental competence in doubt as execution set in USA
Jack Greene, aged 62, is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 9 November.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Russian activist found guilty of 'homosexual propoganda'
On 18 October, a magistrate in Samara, Russia found Evdokia Romanova guilty of spreading ‘homosexual propaganda’.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Oct 2017 -
Turkey: Court releases eight human rights activists, including Director of Amnesty TurkeyPress release 25 Oct 2017
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Iraq: Kurdish homes targeted in wave of attacks by government-backed militiasPress release 24 Oct 2017
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Chinese authorities must confirm whereabouts of Swedish booksellerPress release 24 Oct 2017
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Russia: inhumane prison transport trains are 'legacy of the GULAG' - new reportPress release 24 Oct 2017
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Turkey: 'politically-motivated' trial of Amnesty director and ten other activists to beginPress release 24 Oct 2017
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Syria: Russia's veto at United Nations over chemical weapons investigation condemnedPress release 24 Oct 2017
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Urgent Action: Iranian prisoner of conscience critically ill
Mohammad Nazari, who has been unjustly languishing in prison for over two decades, is critically ill.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Lesotho soldiers risk facing a fresh trial
The Court Martial of the Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) soldiers facing mutiny charges been postponed.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Death threats for human rights lawyer in India
Dalit lawyer and human rights defender, Rajat Kalsan, faces fabricated charges and death threats due to his work.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Drop charges against human rights defenders in Israel/OPT
Farid al-Atrash and Issa Amro are facing their next two court hearings on 29 October and 5 November.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
UK Supreme Court hears challenge to Northern Ireland abortion lawUK Supreme Court to decide whether Northern Ireland's strict abortion ban violates the human rights of women & girls. Live updates.
23 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Taiwan NGO worker faces life imprisonment in China
Lee Ming-cheh was seen “confessing” on camera to charges of “subversion” during his trial.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
Iran: prominent medical academic sentenced to death for 'working with Israel'Press release 23 Oct 2017
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Urgent Action: Human rights lawyer, activists arbitrarily detained in Tanzania
Thirteen health and human rights activists, including two South Africans and one Ugandan, have been detained.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
UK: Supreme Court to hear challenge to Northern Ireland abortion lawPress release 23 Oct 2017
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Urgent Action update: Activists indicted for peaceful assembly in Thailand
Five student activists, a land rights activist and two human rights lawyers face six months imprisonment and unfair trial
Urgent action outcomes 23 Oct 2017 -
Argentina: Authorities must guarantee justice for Santiago MaldonadoPress release 21 Oct 2017
