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US state of Delaware's abolition of the death penalty puts it on 'right side of history'Press release 03 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Four executed, ten still at risk in Indonesia
Four men were executed in Indonesia on 29 July for drug-related offences. Nine other men and one woman received a last-minute temporary stay of execution after they were also taken to the execution grounds.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian prisoner of conscience ends hunger strike
Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, a prisoner of conscience, ended her hunger strike after 20 days on 16 July when she was allowed a 30-minute telephone call with her children.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender at risk of torture in Pakistan
Human rights defender Wahid Baloch may have been subjected to enforced disappearance by state security forces in Karachi, Pakistan, on the afternoon of 26 July. His family does not know where he is or what has happened to him.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
UN Refugee Summit talks end in abject failurePress release 03 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Iranian man released from death row
Ehsan Shah Ghasemi, a 25-year-old Iranian man who had been on death row since October 2014, was released from prison on 13 March after he was pardoned by the victim’s family in September 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Home Affairs Committee's call in today's migration report for EU deal with Libya is 'very dangerous'Press release 02 Aug 2016
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Turkey: response to President Erdoğan’s speech challenging Amnesty's torture findingsDetainees are being tortured after the attempted coup in Turkey, but the country's president will not admit this
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Brazil: Daily shootouts and alarming rise in police killings puts Olympic legacy at riskPress release 02 Aug 2016
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Scottish Conservative leader urges marriage equality in Northern Ireland Pride lecturePress release 02 Aug 2016
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Scottish Conservative leader urges marriage equality in Northern Ireland Pride lecturePress release 02 Aug 2016
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Australia: investigation discovers appalling abuse of refugees on NauruPress release 02 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Appeal court issues verdict in 'Abdali Cell' case
A Kuwaiti appeal court issued its verdict on in the “Abdali Cell” case. It upheld a life sentence, a five-year prison sentence and a death sentence against individuals convicted of charges including "spying for Iran and Hizbullah”.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese Human Rights Lawyer at risk of torture
Lawyer Ren Quanniu was detained on 9 July on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” after voicing concerns about his client’s condition in detention. He hasn’t had access to a lawyer since 11 July. He is at risk of torture and other ill-…
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Detained South Sudanese newspaper editor charged
Alfred Taban, prominent journalist and chief editor of the daily English newspaper, Juba Monitor, has been charged with ‘publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to Southern Sudan’ and ‘undermining the authority of or insulting the…
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2016 -
Introduction, Here I StandLawyer Jules Carey introduces our latest book - Here I Stand
Blog post 01 Aug 2016 -
Here I Stand against hateBlog post 01 Aug 2016
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Mauritania: Drop all charges and release anti-slavery activistsPress release 01 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Freed Bahraini prisoner of conscience back in court
Bahraini prisoner of conscience Ebrahim Sharif was released from Jaw prison having served a one-year prison sentence over a peaceful speech he made in July 2015. The prosecution have appealed the verdict and he is due back in court on 13 October.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2016 -
Syria: airstrike on Save The Children-backed maternity hospital in Idlib 'despicable'Press release 29 Jul 2016
