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Urgent Action update: Chinese activist charged with subversion
Prominent activist Wu Gan (better known by his pen name Tufu, ‘The Butcher’) has been charged with “subverting state power” and has been detained for 15 months.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Jailed indigenous rights defender released
Mexican prisoner of conscience Ildefonso Zamora was released on 12 August after almost nine months in jail
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Trafigura unrepentant ten years after 'one of worst environmental disasters in 21st century'Press release 17 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action Update: Two jailed artists serving 3-year prison terms in Iran
Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian and his filmmaker brother Hossein Rajabian began serving their three-year prison terms on 4 June.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Syria: 10 die each day in government jails - details of 'systematic torture' revealedPress release 17 Aug 2016
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The horror of Syria's torture prisonsFor the first time ever, you can explore a Syrian torture centre. Together with research agency Forensic Architecture, we spoke to survivors of one notorious prison and have used their memories to recreate the sounds, beatings and fear.
16 Aug 2016 -
Why I’m trekking across PeruAmnesty UK Director Kate Allen on why she's dusting off her walking boots
Blog post 16 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Man who did not kill set for execution in United States
Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Disappeared man returned home in Ukraine
Kostyantyn Beskorovaynyi returned home on 25 February, having spent 15 months in secret detention.
15 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Two activists face up to 10 years' imprisonment in Thailand
Two activists were arrested on 6 August for distributing materials critical of a draft constitution. Both face up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2016 -
The long crossing to Hungary: refugees between borders and barbed wireHundreds of people seeking asylum in Hungary are forced to wait in crowded 'pre-transit' camp sites. Day after day they hang on for news, elderly people in wheelchairs, pregnant women and small children included, sheltering from the baking sun in make-…
Blog post 15 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Man who did not kill set for execution in United States
Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2016 -
Syria: Ten-year-old Ghina safely evacuated to hospitalA ten-year-old Syrian girl seriously wounded by sniper fire from a Syrian government forces checkpoint in Madaya was successfully evacuated for urgent surgery, following huge international pressure. Thank you for taking action.
15 Aug 2016 -
Asylum claims: This is not about an abuse of the system, it's about unfair rulesPress release 15 Aug 2016
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Bangladesh: End illegal detentions immediatelyPress release 14 Aug 2016
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Syria: Ten-year-old girl to receive urgent surgery following evacuation from besieged MadayaPress release 14 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action: Evacuate 10-year-old Syrian girl in need of surgery
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl, was shot in the leg on 2 August by a sniper at a government checkpoint in Madaya
Urgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: At least a thousand houses at risk of demolition in Nigeria
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria has threatened to demolish houses in Gbagyi Villa, Kaduna State, North West Nigeria.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Four youth activists detained without charge in Angola
Four Angolan youth activists who are part of the Benguela Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário de Benguela) were arrested by police on the evening of 4 August.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Accused of defamation for social media posts in IndonesiaUrgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016
