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Urgent Action update: Ex-prisoners of conscience intimidated in Cuba
Three siblings sentenced to one-year of prison for allegedly leaving their house during the state morning following Fidel Castro´s death, are on hunger strike after being harassed and intimidated in Cuba since their conditional release in April.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jul 2017 -
New 'messy' data project uses digital activists to track Niger Delta oil spillsPress release 04 Jul 2017
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Hundreds dead as catastrophic battle for west Mosul rages onAmnesty's new report exposes the scale of death, injury and suffering of civilians trapped in the horrifying battle for west Mosul in Iraq, with both Islamic State and Iraqi and coalition forces to blame.
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Urgent Action: Nigerian at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia
Nigerian national Suliamon Olufemi remains at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. On 19 April, 11 of his co-defendants were released from prison and deported to Nigeria, having completed their 15-year sentences.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist and lawyer held at military facility in DRC
Jean-Marie Kalonji, an activist with the youth movement Quatrieme voie/ il est temps, was arrested by military security forces on Friday 23 June in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Kurdish activist in critical health released in Syria
Syrian Kurdish opposition activist Suleiman Abdulmajid Oussou was released on 24 June. He had been detained by the Asayish forces since 23 May. Suleiman Abdulmajid Oussou was held in poor conditions while suffering a critical heart condition.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jul 2017 -
Amnesty welcomes Welsh Government commitment to abortion funding for women from Northern IrelandPress release 04 Jul 2017
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Bahrain: prominent human rights activist at risk of sexual assault after late-night arrestPress release 04 Jul 2017
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“The only way for women and girls to be safe is to be dead” – the reality of life in South SudanA new frontline conflict has turned vast regions of South Sudan into “treacherous killing fields”. The shocking result has been nearly a million people fleeing in an attempt to find safety, shelter and food.
04 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Threats against journalists in Paraguay
Menchi Barriocanal and Oscar Acosta, Paraguayan journalists and married couple, were threatened with imprisonment by president Horacio Cartes on 23 June during his participation in a rally in Ciudad del Este, where he falsely accused them of inciting…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Three media workers detained and charged in Myanmar
Three journalists have been detained and are facing up to three years in prison simply for peacefully carrying out their work in conflict-affected northern Shan State in Myanmar. They are prisoners of conscience who must be immediately and…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Romani families left homeless, others at risk in Italy
Around 600 Romani individuals fear destruction of their homes in the informal settlement of Germagnano in Turin, northern Italy. At least 7 families were left homeless after being forcibly evicted and their homes demolished.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender and journalist charged in Angola
Human rights defender Rafael Marques de Morais and journalist Mariano Brás Lourenço have formally been charged with ‘defa
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Hundreds at imminent risk of forced eviction in Turkey
Hundreds of residents in neighbourhoods of the Sur district in Diyarbakır province, south eastern Turkey, are at imminent risk of forced eviction. For over a month now, their water and electricity supplies have been cut off, in an apparent attempt to…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Bangladesh: Prominent writer and human rights campaigner abductedPress release 03 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action: Attempts to weaken draft abortion law in Chile
A proposed law aimed at decriminalizing abortion under specific circumstances in Chile is facing possible amendments that would further restrict access to legal abortion and related sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls, putting…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Saudi Arabian at risk of imminent execution
Saudi Arabian Said Mabkhout al-Sai’ari is at risk of imminent execution. He was sentenced to death after an unfair trial, he exhausted all his appeals and is likely to be executed anytime after 2 July.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Detained without charge since July 2016 cafe attack in Bangladesh
2 July 2017 marks the one year anniversary of Hasnat Karim’s arrest and detention. He was caught up in the attack on a restaurant in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on 1 July 2016 and has been held in jail without charge since.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Trump travel ban: exclusion of refugees will 'jeopardise lives'Press release 30 Jun 2017
