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Urgent Action update: Human rights activist in arbitrary detention, Saudi Arabia
Issa al-Nukheifi, a Saudi Arabian human rights activist, was detained again and remains in detention since 18 December. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed filmmaker needs urgent medical care in Iran
Jailed Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi is in urgent need of specialized medical care. After multiple episodes of coughing up blood, doctors at Tehran’s Evin prison have said that he has bronchitis and a lung infection, and needs immediate medical…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jan 2017 -
Does writing to your MP actually work?Blog post 26 Jan 2017
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UA Good News: Unlawfully detained Hindu fisherman out on bail in Bangladesh
Hindu fisherman Rasraj Das was granted bail on 16 January 2017 after spending more than two months in jail for allegedly posting an “offensive” image on Facebook.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2017 -
Lonmin shareholders must address "appalling housing conditions" for Marikana workers at UK AGMPress release 25 Jan 2017
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Amnesty promises to fight Trump's efforts to close US bordersPress release 25 Jan 2017
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Urgent Action good news: Non-guilty verdict for men sentenced to death in China
After more than 13 years since Huang Zhiqiang, Fang Chunping, Cheng Fagen and Cheng Lihe were originally sentenced to death, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People’s Court has announced a not-guilty verdict.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2017 -
New 'Truth for Giulio' universities campaign for Cambridge student murdered in EgyptPress release 25 Jan 2017
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Urgent Action good news: Aid services slowly resume in North Rakhine in Myanmar
Despite some continuing restrictions, humanitarian services such as food distribution, nutrition assistance and primary healthcare are slowly resuming in northern Rakhine State.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2017 -
Kuwait: today's execution of seven people condemnedPress release 25 Jan 2017
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Urgent Action Good News: Cuban graffiti artist released
Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) was released over the weekend. Amnesty International had cons
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist detained for running online library in South Korea
Lee Jin-young has been arrested for the online distribution of materials that are deemed, by South Korean authorities, to ‘benefit’ North Korea. Detained since 5 January 2017, the prosecutor has until 4 February to either release or formally charge him.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2017 -
UK: Shell ruling could give green light to corporations for abuses abroadPress release 24 Jan 2017
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USA: Trump's Dakota Pipeline decision is 'shameful' sidelining of indigenous peoplePress release 24 Jan 2017
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Urgent Action: Imprisoned woman in urgent need of surgery in Turkey
Sibel Çapraz is imprisoned and the authorities are denying her a vital and an urgent operation and adequate medical treatment. She was shot in November 2015 in Yüksekova, south-east Turkey, during clashes between security forces and the PKK. She was…
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Former governor still arbitrarily detained in South Sudan
Elias Waya Nyipuoch has been in arbitrary detention since 26 June 2016. He has not been charged with any offense. He was initially detained at the Giyada military barracks before being transferred to Bilpam Military Headquarters on 21 October 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Inhumane prison conditions need attention in Iran
Iranian prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Saeed Shirzad ended his 39-day hunger strike on 14 January after the authorities at Karaj’s Raja’i Shahr Prison made an oral promise to address his grievances about the inhumane treatment of…
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Two men forcibly disappeared in Yemen
The fate and whereabouts of two members of Yemen’s Baha’i community remain unknown following their arrest on 11 January.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Dissident Iranian cleric in need of medical care
Elderly dissident Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekounam has been on hunger strike for 31 days in protest at his detention and the denial of specialized medical care by the authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
End Action: Execution in Virginia after clemency denied in USA
Ricky Gray was executed in Virginia on the evening of 18 January after the governor denied clemency. He was sentenced to death for the murder of two young children during a burglary in 2006 and to life imprisonment for the murder of their parents.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017