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Urgent Action update: Court stays mental exam of university lecturer in Uganda
Dr Stella Nyanzi, an academic and feminist, will not be subjected to a mental health examination after a magistrate court ordered a stay of the examination on 25 May. Dr Stella Nyanzi was released on conditional bail by the same court on 10 May.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Activist and his lawyer released without charge in DRC
Jean-Marie Kalonji, an activist with the youth movement Quatrieme voie/ il est temps, and his colleague and lawyer Sylva Mbikayi were released without charge on 17 July. The two had been held in incommunicado detention by military intelligence agents…
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jul 2017 -
Afghanistan: Kabul bombing is 'a war crime'Press release 24 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action: Egyptian defender arbitrarily detained
Human rights defender and lawyer Tarek Hussein has been arbitrarily detained by the Egyptian security forces for more than a month, despite the prosecutor’s decision to release him on bail on 18 June.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jul 2017 -
Turkey: re-arrest of four human rights defenders a "cruel and retrograde step"Press release 22 Jul 2017
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Philippines: extension of martial law must not mean human rights are ignoredPress release 22 Jul 2017
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Northern Ireland: Child abuse survivors tell Secretary of State: “deliver redress if Stormont can’t”Press release 20 Jul 2017
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Maldives: Authorities must halt first execution in more than 60 yearsPress release 20 Jul 2017
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Cameroon’s secret torture chambersOur new report exposes the brutal horrors faced by those accused — often without evidence — of belonging to Boko Haram.
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Ed Sheeran to play the largest global festival ever held....in a living roomPress release 20 Jul 2017
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Malaysia: Bangladeshi human rights activist detained at airportPress release 20 Jul 2017
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Cameroon: 'secret torture chambers' used and 'war crimes' committed in fight against Boko HaramPress release 20 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action update: Congress rejects regressive abortion reform in Dominican Republic
On 11 July, the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Congress voted to reject proposed reforms to the Criminal Code that failed to decriminalize abortion in limited circumstances and continued to violate the rights of women and girls.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Juvenille offender's death sentence upheld in Saudi Arabia
An appeal court has upheld the death sentence against Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, a Shi’a man who was convicted of offences committed when he was 16 years old. The court appears to have based its sentence on forced “confessions”.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: In Singapore, Malaysian man hanged in hurried, secretive manner
Prabagaran Srivijayan, a Malaysian national was executed at dawn on 14 July 2017 at Changi Prison, in Singapore. Contrary to international standards, he was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2012 for a drug related offence.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Amendments threatening rights in Poland must be stopped
Two legislative amendments that would undermine the right to an effective remedy and the right to a fair trial have been adopted by the Polish Parliament on 15 July. It is now in the hands of the President to refuse to sign these amendments.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Arbitrary detainees on hunger strike in Venezuela
The physical integrity and lives of 14 police officers arbitrarily detained for politically motivated reasons are at risk in Venezuela, since they began a hunger strike 23 days ago to demand that authorities execute their pending release warrant.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabian man executed
Yussuf al-Mushaikhass was executed on 11 July without the family being informed. His death sentence was handed down following a grossly unfair trial at Saudi Arabia’s counter-terror court.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Bahrain: terrorism charges against human rights activist Ebtisam al-Saegh condemnedPress release 19 Jul 2017
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Alan Duncan's remarks on Turkey arrests welcome, now UK must join call for releasePress release 19 Jul 2017
