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UN Refugee meeting and the 'Obama Summit'27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Thirteen men at risk of Execution in Japan
Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult are now at risk of execution in Japan, following the conclusion of the trials of other cult members.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Kashmiri human rights defender arbitrarily detained in India
Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, has been placed in administrative detention a day after a court ordered his release on 20 September.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Refuge for migrants under attack in Mexico
A soup kitchen for Mexican and Central American migrants has been vandalized in the northern Mexican city of Nogales, on the US border.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Burundian journalist is still missing
Burundian journalist, Jean Bigirimana, is still missing, two months after he was reported to have been arrested by security forces outside the capital, Bujumbura.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Hungary’s anti-refugee campaignOver the last year, the Hungarian authorities have embarked on a determined operation to keep refugees and migrants out of the country. The government has spent millions of Euros on a xenophobic advertising campaign, while refugees are left to languish.
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Urgent Action update: Cambodian housing rights defender released
Two Cambodian housing rights defenders were tried and convicted on 22 August for “insult of a public official”.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Family attacked by mining company personnel in Peru
Máxima Acuña and her family, subsistence farmers in northern Peru, have reported acts of harassment and physical attacks against them by security personnel from the Yanacocha mining company.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Killings continue under President Duterte in Philippines
Approximately 3000 people have been killed by police and unknown vigilantes in the Philippines since President Duterte came into power on 30 June.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Egyptian human rights defenders’ assets frozen
An Egyptian court has upheld an asset freeze against five human rights defenders and three NGOs.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Landmark ICC verdict must be first step to broader justice in Mali conflictPress release 27 Sep 2016
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Hungary's 'appalling' treatment of asylum-seekers condemnedPress release 26 Sep 2016
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Colombia: Historic peace deal must ensure justice and an end to human rights abusesPress release 26 Sep 2016
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Jordan: journalist Nahed Hattar's murder 'deplorable'Press release 26 Sep 2016
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Pakistan: Urgent call to halt execution of death row prisoner with mental illnessPress release 26 Sep 2016
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Chelsea Manning's 14 days in solitary for suicide attempt is 'cruel and inhuman'Press release 23 Sep 2016
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Chelsea Manning's 14 days in solitary for suicide attempt is 'cruel and inhuman'Press release 23 Sep 2016
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Mexico: Two years on from student disappearances, Peña Nieto "will stop at nothing" to cover up abusesPress release 23 Sep 2016
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Bahrain: today's dissolution of main opposition party is 'flagrant attack on freedom of expression'Press release 22 Sep 2016
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Greece: Almost 60,000 refugees stranded in appalling conditions as Europe fails to actPress release 22 Sep 2016
