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Podcast: Atena Farghadani, imprisoned for her art in Iran - voiced by Nazanin BoniadiImprisoned for drawing a satirical cartoon, prosecuted for shaking her lawyer's hand - Atena Farghadani has paid a high price for making art and speaking her mind in Iran, where dissent is met with heavy punishment. Atena's words are voiced by actress…
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Russia: Knee-jerk repression as LGBTI activists arrested over Chechnya petitionPress release 11 May 2017
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Urgent Action update: Jailed Iranian human rights defender in poor health
Following 31 days of hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison, Iranian human rights defender Atena Daemi is in poor health, and requires immediate hospitalization.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2017 -
China: Human rights lawyer released on bail as relentless crackdown continuesPress release 10 May 2017
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Uganda: Feminist activist Stella Nyanzi free but ludicrous charges must be droppedPress release 10 May 2017
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Venezuela: Use of military courts against civilians undermines rule of lawPress release 10 May 2017
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Urgent Action: Detained community leader wrongly charged in Togo
Salomée T. Abalodo, a farmer and community leader, has been charged with ‘rebellion’ and ‘participation in an unauthorised protest’.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2017 -
Danish and German children scarred by invasive surgery to "normalise" their sexPress release 10 May 2017
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Indonesia: Ahok conviction for blasphemy is an injusticePress release 09 May 2017
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El Salvador: Critical opportunity to put an end to total ban on abortionPress release 09 May 2017
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Urgent Action: Execution re-set after 30 years on death row in USA
Thomas Arthur, aged 75, is due to be executed in Alabama on 25 May. This is his eighth execution date since 2001, three times coming within a day of being killed.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Philippines senate must oppose death penalty
Bills to reintroduce the death penalty in the Philippines are pending before the Senate, which resumed session on 2 May 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Sudanese opposition activists released without charge
Three political opposition activists, Mohamed Hassan El Bushi, Amin Saad and Motaz Al Ajail, were released without charge on 25 and 30 April.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian arrested at 15 risks imminent execution
Today is Ali Mohammed Mostafa’s 55th birthday, a father of three who has been forcibly disappeared for nearly four years, and his family still has no information about his fate or whereabouts.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Syrian father of three missing for 1403 days
Today is Ali Mohammed Mostafa’s 55th birthday. He is a father of three who has been forcibly disappeared for nearly four years, and his family still has no information about his fate or whereabouts.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Activists given six-month suspended sentence in Chad
Two Chadian activists Nadjo Kaina Palmer and Bertrand Sollo have received a six-month suspended prison sentence. They are appealing this judgment.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Immediately release Kachin prisoner of conscience in Myanmar
Lahpai Gam has been discharged from hospital following some improvements to his health.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Three Turkish men arrested and at risk of torture in Malaysia
According to the Malaysian police, three Turkish nationals have been arrested and detained in Malaysia under anti-terrorism legislation. There are concerns about their safety if they are extradited to Turkey.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Chibok girls: Nigerian authorities must now ensure safe return of 1000s of others abducted by Boko HaramPress release 07 May 2017
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Under pressure – UK arms sales to SaudiBlog post 05 May 2017
