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Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in Sudan facing death penalty
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is now facing six charges two of which may result in the death penalty or life imprisonment if he is convicted.
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Russia: conviction of librarian for 'extremist' Ukrainian books condemnedPress release 05 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action: Police use tear gas on peaceful protestors in Colombia
Residents of the city of Buenaventura in Colombia have reported police repression, including the use of tear gas, at peaceful protests that began on 16 May.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Two men hanged in secretive executions in Malaysia
Yong Kar Mun was executed at 5.30 am on 24 May 2017 at Sungai Buloh Prison in Selangor, Malaysia.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender's sentence upheld in Cuba
A Provincial Court upheld a three-year prison sentence against human rights defender Eduardo Cardet who continues to be held in the Provincial Prison of Holguín, south-east Cuba.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Fear for hunger strikers' well being in Turkey
Academic Nuriye Gülmen and primary school teacher Semih Özakça, were remanded in Sincan prison, in Ankara, on 23 May. They are continuing a prolonged hunger strike to protest against the dismissal from their jobs.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Saudi Arabia detains woman who defied country's ban on women drivingPress release 05 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action update: Fate and whereabouts of two men unknown in South Sudan
Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri, were disappeared in Kenya and taken to a prison facility at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters in Juba, South Sudan on 25 January, around midday.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Priest harassed over memorial to war dead in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan priest, Father Elil Rajendram, is being harassed by the police over his efforts to help families memorialize their loved ones lost during the armed conflict.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Remembrance and Resistance：The 28th Anniversary of the June Fourth MassacreBlog post 04 Jun 2017
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Scottish Party Manifesto's - how do they compare on human rights?Scottish Party Manifesto's - how do they compare on human rights? #GE2017
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USA: return of CIA report to Senate committee could be 'first step' toward reinstating torturePress release 02 Jun 2017
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Afghanistan: Police use 'excessive force' against protesters following Kabul blastPress release 02 Jun 2017
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Children's Laureate urges next UK government to address three inequalities harming childrenPress release 02 Jun 2017
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Venezuela: Authorities' militarisation of crisis escalates violence and promotes fearPress release 02 Jun 2017
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Iranian authorities preparing to build over mass graves of executed political prisonersPress release 01 Jun 2017
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Remembrance and Resistance – 28th Anniversary of Tiananmen 記憶與抗爭 – 伦敦纪念“八九六四”二十八週年https://www.facebook.com/events/454896768202507/?active_tab=discussion&__xt__=33.%7B%22logging_data%22%3A%7B%22profile_id%22%3A454896768202507%2C%22event_type%22%3A%22clicked_view_event_posts%22%2C%22impression_info%22%3A%…
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China: Release activists detained for investigating abuses at factories making Ivanka Trump shoesPress release 31 May 2017
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Trump's expected move on climate change would be 'assault' on human rightsPress release 31 May 2017
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Afghanistan: Kabul bombing is 'horrific act of violence'Press release 31 May 2017
