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Under pressure – UK arms sales to SaudiBlog post 05 May 2017
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What to watch on Netflix right nowCheck out these eight unmissable films about human rights and the people who fight for them - all out on Netflix this Spring.
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Syria: 'de-escalation' zones must not mean refugees are forcibly returnedPress release 04 May 2017
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New dark comedy 'Camouflage' to premiere ahead of Israeli occupation anniversaryPress release 04 May 2017
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Urgent Action good news: General law on torture improved and passed in Mexico
On 19 April the lower house of Mexican congress approved their version of the General Law on Torture and sent it back to the Senate for final approval before it becomes law.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Sudanese doctor risks ill-treatment in detention
Dr. Mohamed Yasin Abdalla, the chairperson of the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD), was arrested on 22 April in Khartoum by National Intelligence Service (NISS) agents.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Jack Jones executed in Arkansas
Jack Jones, aged 52, was executed on 24 April for a murder committed in 1995. He was one of two men put to death in Arkansas on 24 April, the first time that a state in the USA has carried out two executions on the same day since 2000.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Chadian activist freed, two others on trial
Chadian activist Dingamnayal Nely Versinis has been released. Fellow activists Nadjo Kaina Palmer and Bertrand Sollo, detained at Amsinene prison, are on trial for their role in calling for peaceful protests.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Bolivian civil society centre under threat
The civil society organization Bolivian Documentation and Information Centre (CEDIB) reports being harassed, threatened, and evicted from its premises in Cochabamba, central Bolivia.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Dutch-Iranian prisoner denied heart surgery in Iran
Dutch-Iranian national Sabri Hassanpour, who has been detained in Tehran’s Evin prison since his arrest on 19 April 2016, is being denied urgently needed open heart surgery by the Iranian authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi released
Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi was released from Tehran’s Evin prison on 19 April 2017. He had been imprisoned since 23 November 2016. Keywan Karimi was a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three detained activists falsely charged in Chad
Three Chadian activists being detained at the Amsinene prison are facing false charges for their role in calling for peaceful protests. They are prisoners of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Kenneth WIlliams executed in Arkansas
Kenneth Williams was executed in Arkansas on 27 April for a murder committed during a prison escape in 1999.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Pro-Biafran activist released in Nigeria
Sunday Chucks Obasi (30) who was abducted from his home in Amuko Nnewi Anambra State on 16 August 2016 by Nigerian security agents has been released on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Student convicted for posession of 'illegal' books in Malaysia
Research student Siti Noor Aishah has been sentenced by the Kuala Lumpur High Court to five years in prison for possessing 12 books deemed ‘illegal’ by the Malaysian government.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Marcel Williams executed in Arkansas, USAMarcel Williams was executed on 24 April for a murder committed in 1994. He was one of two men put to death in Arkansas on 24 April, the first time that a state in the USA has carried out two executions on the same day since 2000.
Urgent action outcomes 02 May 2017 -
Good news: your latest human rights victoriesFrom Chelsea Manning’s imminent freedom, to the millions of people marching for women’s rights and the powerful public pressure against President Trump’s cruel Muslim ban – already this year your actions have had a real impact.
Blog post 02 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Five children executed and two others at risk in Somalia
Puntland authorities have executed five boys found guilty of murder. They were subjected to various forms of torture before “confessing” to the crime. Two other boys found guilty are at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 02 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Urge legislators to decriminalise abortion in El Salvador
Salvadorian legislators will soon debate a proposed change to the Criminal Code that, if passed, would end the total criminalization of abortion in the country. It is the first time in almost 20 years that there is a real opportunity to change this law.
Urgent action outcomes 02 May 2017 -
How President Trump has threatened human rights in his first 100 daysAs Donald Trump’s first 100 days in power come to a close, we’ve rounded up some of the ways he has threatened human rights in the US and around the world. The threat to our rights and freedoms still remains – but so does our persistence to protect them…
Blog post 28 Apr 2017
