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Syria: Civilians trapped in deadly Raqqa labyrinth as fighting intensifiesThe battle for control over the Syrian city of Raqqa is entering its final stage. Read our new report on the catastrophic toll it is having on the people trapped under fire in the region as they face three-way attacks.
24 Aug 2017 -
Liu Xia is missing since Liu Xiaobo's funeralBlog post 23 Aug 2017 -
Palestine: Dangerous escalation in attacks on freedom of expressionPress release 23 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action: Worrying crackdown on Kenyan defenders
Kenya’s NGO Coordination Board threatened to arrest George Kegoro, Executive Director of Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), Gladwell Otieno, Executive Director of African Center for Open Governance (AfriCOG) and Maina Kiai, former UN Special…
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
India: Triple talaq ruling a 'step forward for women's rights'Press release 22 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action good news: Four families in USA ordered released from detention
On 17 August, four-year-old Carlos and 16-year-old Michael along with their mothers, Lorena and Maribel (all names changed to protect their identities), were ordered released from Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania by an immigration judge…
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Harassment of dissident Iranian cleric must end
Dissident Iranian cleric Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi has faced continued intimidation and death threats by the Iranian authorities since his release from prison on 4 January.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Journalist in Poland facing charges for exposé book
Investigative journalist Tomasz Piątek is facing criminal charges for a book he published in June, alleging a link betwee
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Missing human rights defender at risk of torture in Vietnam
Former prisoner of conscience, Nguyễn Bắc Truyển was last seen on 30 July 2017 after dropping off his wife outside her place of work in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Journalists out of immediate danger in Paraguay
Menchi Barriocanal and Oscar Acosta, Paraguayan journalists and married couple who were threatened with imprisonment by President Horacio Cartes, have stopped received threats and seem to be out of immediate danger of being arbitrarily detained.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Manchester exhibition to shine a spotlight on women detained in Assad's SyriaPress release 21 Aug 2017
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USA: Florida set to carry out first execution in year-and-a-half this weekPress release 21 Aug 2017
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A licence to discriminate: Trump's Muslim & refugee banSince it was announced earlier in the year, over 31,000 of you joined us in resisting the discriminatory refugee and Muslim ban by asking President Trump to put an end to it.
21 Aug 2017 -
London in solidarity with prisoners of conscience in Hong KongBlog post 20 Aug 2017
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Barcelona attack: full investigation needed and hate speech responses must be avoidedPress release 19 Aug 2017
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A hateful eight days... and what to do about itAmidst a raft of hateful events in the last few days, it's tempting to feel defeated by it all. But we won’t let hate, bigotry and discrimination divide us. Not now, not ever.
Blog post 18 Aug 2017 -
Screening of 'Syria's Disappeared' documentary and panel event with leading Syrian activistPress release 17 Aug 2017
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Hong Kong: Jail terms for Umbrella Movement leaders a 'vindictive' attackPress release 17 Aug 2017
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Sierra Leone: shocking scale of mudslide deaths is 'very much man-made'Press release 17 Aug 2017
