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Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees pushed back to Burma where they face collective punishment - new testimonyPress release 25 Nov 2016
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UK should be doing more for prisoner of conscience Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffePress release 23 Nov 2016
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António Guterres should use Moscow visit to confront Russia over its unlawful Aleppo attacksPress release 23 Nov 2016
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Yemen: hospitals being terrorised by anti-Houthi forces in Ta'izPress release 23 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: In USA mental competence at issue as execution set
John Battaglia, aged 61, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 7 December. He was sentenced to death for killing his two young daughters in 2001.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender in solitary confinement in Malaysia
Maria Chin Abdullah, human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, was arrested on 18 November for organizing a rally on free and fair elections.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Thousands foricbly evicted, more at risk in Nigeria
Over 30,000 thousand residents of Otodo Gbame, Lagos State, south west Nigeria were forcibly evicted by policemen and Lagos state government officials on 9 and 10 November.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Nov 2016 -
Turkey: mass NGO closure is attempt to 'permanently silence' civil society criticismPress release 22 Nov 2016
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After Hillsborough I fought for justice for 27 yearsBecky was 17 when her mum died at Hillsborough. She's been fighting for justice ever since. This year, with the help of the Human Rights Act, she was able to expose the truth. Read her story.
Blog post 22 Nov 2016 -
UA good news: Student held for facebook posts out on bail in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been granted bail after spending more than two months in jail without charge in Rajshahi in Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Two men in France at serious risk if returned to Sudan
Two young Sudanese nationals are at risk of being forcibly returned from France to Sudan, where they would be at real risk of serious human rights violations.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Jamaica: Police threaten and intimidate relatives of those unlawfully killed to cover-up their actionsPress release 21 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Hebei man executed in China
Jia Jinglong was executed on 15 November after the China Supreme People’s Court approved his death sentence with immediate execution.
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Bahrain's UK-backed human rights bodies being used as 'PR tool' as abuses continuePress release 21 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Journalists’ trial postponed to 12 December in Oman
The Appeal Court in Muscat postponed to 12 December its decision on the case of the three Azamn journalists, Ibrahim al-Maamari, Youssef al-Hajj and Zaher al-Abri.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights lawyers under threat in Cuba
Members of Cubalex, a Havana-based organization of human rights lawyers, have been subjected to months of harassment and intimidation by the Cuban authorities for their work.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Four prisoners of conscience on trial in Sudan
Hassan A. Kodi, Kuwa Shamal A. Zumam, Petr Jezek and Abdulmonem Abdumawla are on trial in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, for various charges related to the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression, association and religion.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Turkey suspends activities of hundreds of NGOs
The Ministry of Interior announced on 11 November the blanket and arbitrary suspension of the activities of 370 NGOs for three months.
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Urgent Action update: Social leader remains in arbitrary detention in ArgentinaUrgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2016
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Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes UN expert report on dealing with the pastPress release 18 Nov 2016
