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Urgent Action: Three activists face harassment and risk arrest in Vietnam
Three human rights defenders engaged in activism relating to an ecological disaster in Vietnam are facing severe harassment, including public denunciations, prosecution and death threats.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activist's prison sentence reduced to 3 years in Bahrain
On 26 October the five years prison sentence against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas Mahdi Mohamed was reduced to three years by Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Squabbling over children in Calais sends an appalling message to the rest of the worldThe relationship between the French and UK governments has been strained by renewed disagreement over who should take responsibility for children at Calais. Until richer countries like the UK and France take their share of responsibility, an escalating…
Blog post 01 Nov 2016 -
Syria: opposition attacks on west Aleppo have shown 'shocking disregard for civilian lives'Press release 31 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action update: Appeal of two Ukranian men rejected in Russia
On 26 October the Russian Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Stanislav Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk who had been sentenced after an unfair trial to 20 and 22 years respectively for allegedly killing Russian soldiers in Chechnya in 1994 – 1996.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience sentenced to 10 years in Azerbaijan
Activist and prisoner of conscience Giyas Ibrahimov was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 25 October The court hearing in the case of his fellow activist, prisoner of conscience Bayram Mammadov, is ongoing. He is facing up to 12 years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Oct 2016 -
Greece: Syrian refugees deceived and returned to TurkeyPress release 28 Oct 2016
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Iraq: warning over use of white phosphorus around MosulPress release 28 Oct 2016
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Iraq: new testimony shows ISIS taking human shields in battle for MosulPress release 27 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action update: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 1 November in Egypt
A Cairo court adjourned to 1 November the trial of photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, popularly known as Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Spain must not aid Russian warships bound for SyriaPress release 26 Oct 2016
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Gambia: Withdrawal from ICC a drastic blow to countless victims globallyPress release 26 Oct 2016
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Azerbaijan: youth activist jailed for ten years after spraying graffiti on former president's statuePress release 26 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action: Harsh sentencing puts man at risk of imminent execution in China
The Supreme People’s Court approved a death sentence which could result in the execution of Jia Jinglong at any time. According to lawyers, mitigating factors of his case were not taken into account during sentencing.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Stop execution of man with mental disability in Pakistan
Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner with a mental disability, is at imminent risk of execution. Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejected on 20 October his latest appeal to halt the execution on the ground that he has paranoid schizophrenia.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained human rights defender on hunger strike in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Khaled al-Omair has been on hunger strike since 6 October in protest at his continuing detention. He was due to be released on 5 October after completing his eight-year prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
I WELCOME Campaign Update - November 201626 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action reissue: Fears for safety of murder victim's family in Venezuela
Luis Urbano, son of human rights defender José Luis Urbano, was murdered by police officers in the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela, on 10 October. The safety of his family is at risk. This UA has been reissued as the details of the Venezuelan Ambassador…
Urgent action outcomes 25 Oct 2016
