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USA: Obama's drone guidance disclosures 'only tell part of the story'Press release 08 Aug 2016
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Ethiopia: Scores of people killed as police use excessive force against peaceful protestersPress release 08 Aug 2016
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Pakistan: Attack on Quetta hospital ‘abhorrent disregard for the sanctity of life’Press release 08 Aug 2016
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Kenya: Taiwanese nationals must not be deported to ChinaPress release 05 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's trial postponed to 5th September
Bahraini prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab appeared before the High Criminal Court on 2 August. His trial was adjourned to 5 September, and his continued detention and referral for medical checks was ordered. His lawyers’ request for his release on…
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2016 -
Thailand: Sunday's referendum takes place in 'chilling climate of fear'Press release 05 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Iranian youth's execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth, Alireza Tajiki, has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash…
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youths execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth, Alireza Tajiki, has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Lighting a candle for Here I StandBlog post 04 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action: Three Laos activists held incommunicado
Three Lao human rights activists have been arrested in what may constitute enforced disappearances. They remain in incommunicado detention since they appeared on national television on 25 May.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Child detention: the powers that the Home Office won't let goOn the last day of business before Parliament’s summer break, the government quietly slipped out a statement about the continued immigration detention of children - a practice that can cause significant physical and psychological harm lasting long after…
Blog post 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent action update: Two year sentence for taking part in a protest
Congolese political opposition member Paulin Makaya was sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of 3,800 Euros for taking part in an unauthorized protest. Paulin Makaya is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
China: Human rights lawyer's conviction denounced as 'political charade'Press release 04 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Iranian youth's execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth Alireza Tajiki has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash his…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Three Lao activists held incommunicado
Three Lao human rights activists have been arrested in circumstances that may constitute enforced disappearances. They remain in incommunicado detention since they appeared on national television on 25 May in a report that confirmed that they had been…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes justice minister call on undercover police inquiryPress release 04 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action: Whereabouts of Burundian journalist unknown
Jean Bigirimana was last seen in Bugarama, Muramvya province, on 22 July. There are indications that Jean Bigirimana was arrested by security forces. The police spokesperson has however denied these allegations.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese activist on hunger strike at grave risk
Jailed Chinese Human Rights Defender Yang Maodong (better known by his pen name Guo Feixiong) has been on hunger strike since 9 May in protest of his ill-treatment by the authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Iran hangs teenage student in first child offender execution of the yearStudent Hassan Afshar is the first child offender to be executed in Iran this year
Press release 03 Aug 2016 -
US state of Delaware's abolition of the death penalty puts it on 'right side of history'Press release 03 Aug 2016
