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Urgent Action: Lawyer and family threatened and harrased in Azerbaijan
Prominent lawyer Elchin Sadigov was threatened by an official from the Ministry of the Interior for exposing torture of his client on 2 November.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Unfairly charged lawyer risks imprisonment in Thailand
Human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri (also known as June) faces an unfair trial in a military court together with 14 peaceful student activists she legally represented in June 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Leader's retrial verdict set for 4th December in Bahrain
The Appeal Court has set 4 December to issue its verdict following a single half an hour hearing in the retrial of Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Six Trump proposals that must never become policyThere have already been reports of a spike in hate-driven actions and threats. This is not a coincidence - it is further proof that Trump’s irresponsible proposals must never become U.S. policy.
Blog post 12 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Massive crackdown on media in Turkey
Nine journalists and board members of the opposition daily Cumhuriyet were imprisoned pending trial on 4 November. At least 112 journalists and other media workers have been remanded in pre-trial detention since the 15 July coup attempt and the…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Nov 2016 -
Mosul operation: Iraqi forces reportedly tortured and killed villagers 'in cold blood'Press release 10 Nov 2016
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Egypt: freeze on torture rehabilitation centre's bank account 'cruel blow'Press release 10 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Jailed Iranian artist brothers on hunger strike
Iranian artists Mehdi Rajabian and Hossein Rajabian have started a second hunger strike on 28 October in protest at their continued detention.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Trump election win: poisonous rhetoric must not become US government policyPresident elect Donald Trump must abide by the United States’ obligations on human rights, at home and abroad
Press release 09 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Disclose whereabouts of ten arrested doctors in Sudan
The whereabouts of ten medical doctors remain unknown after being arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence Service (NISS) between 30 October and 6 November. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
UA update: Trial adjourned, medical exam insisted for release in Egypt
A Cairo court adjourned to 19 November the trial of Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid (“Shawkan”). He faces trumped-up charges and risks the death penalty if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bahrani opposition leader's retrial date set
On 17 October the Cassation Court rejected the Appeal Court’s decision to extend the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman’s prison sentence from four to nine years and ordered his retrial before the Appeal Court.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action: Activists fined for peaceful protest in Singapore
Three activists have been convicted for organising a peaceful protest in 2014 and have been ordered by the court to pay substantial fines.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
That MoU with the Chinese companies…Blog post 08 Nov 2016
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Northern Ireland politicians call for release of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa jailed in EgyptPress release 08 Nov 2016
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Sierra Leone: Pregnancy ban in schools threatening teenage girls' futuresPress release 08 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Two human rights defenders on trial in Saudi Arabia
Two co-founders of a Saudi Arabian human rights organization are on trial before the counter-terror court on charges related to their human rights work.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Kirkuk, Iraq: Kurdish authorities bulldoze hundreds of Arab homes in anti-ISIS reprisals - new briefingPress release 07 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Ghada Jamsheer to plead for early release in Bahrain
Bahraini women’s rights activist Ghada Jamsheer, a prisoner of conscience serving the remainder of a 10-month prison sentence, is due in court on 7 November.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Librarian's trial started in Moscow
Natalya Sharina’s trial began on 2 November and if convicted, she will face up to ten years in prison. Natalya Sharina is a prisoner of conscience and must be released immediately and unconditionally.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016
