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Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience needs medical care in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Saud al-Hashimi is reported to have recently suffered two strokes and is in urgent need of medical care. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Woman detained after surviving IS captivity in Iraq
A woman who survived IS abduction and captivity has been arbitrarily detained for almost two years in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She must be released immediately.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Amnesty's virtual reality-themed #360Syria project wins prestigious Third Sector awardPress release 15 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action update: Date set for political activist's verdict in Bahrain
Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals has set 26 October as the date on which it will issue its verdict in the case against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Russian student jailed for playing Pokemon Go in church
On 11 August, Ruslan Sokolovsky published a video on YouTube in which he plays the mobile phone game “Pokemon GO” in one of the main churches in Yekaterinburg, the Urals
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Update Urgent Action: Elderly prisoner at risk of losing his eye sight in Iran
Kamal Foroughi, a 77-year-old British-Iranian man jailed in Tehran’s Evin Prison, has developed cataracts in both his eyes.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Actors, musicians, refugees to join 1000s on 'Refugees Welcome' march in London, SaturdayPress release 15 Sep 2016
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Update Urgent Action: One-year sentence upheld for Bahraini activist
Dr Sa’eed al-Samahiji had his one-year prison sentence upheld on appeal on 7 September
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activist released from psychiatric detention
Ilmi Umerov was released on 7 September after spending three weeks in forced psychiatric detention. He remains under criminal investigation for his peaceful activism against the Russian annexation of Crimea and could face a prison sentence, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
President Obama should pardon Edward Snowden before he leaves officePress release 14 Sep 2016
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Syria-Jordan border: 75,000 refugees trapped in 'berm' no-man's land in 'desperate' conditionsPress release 14 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action: Death sentence for juvenile offender in Saudi Arabia
A Saudi Arabian Shi’a man has been sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for offences that occurred when he was 16 years old. He says he was held incommunicado in solitary confinement for five months and tortured into “confessing”.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
What has the Human Rights Act done for women?Blog post 14 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action update: 200 people made homeless in Mongolia face harsh winter
An estimated 200 people from Building #3 in Ulaanbaatar, including a disabled man and families with children, are in desperate need of adequate accommodation.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender forced to leave Zimbabwe
Evan Mawarire has left Zimbabwe fearing for his life as police continue to look for him even after all charges against him in relation to calling for a national stay-away were dismissed and he was freed. He risks arrest if he returns to Zimbabwe.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Northern Ireland: pathologist resignation should be ‘wake-up call’ on abortion law reformPress release 14 Sep 2016
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Geneva: UN Human Rights Council must establish investigation into civilian deaths in YemenPress release 13 Sep 2016
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Iraq: Kurdistan must end 'shocking' two-year-long detention of Yezidi motherPress release 12 Sep 2016