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Democratic Republic of Congo: Police must not use lethal force in peaceful protestsPress release 29 Jul 2016
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Indonesia: Execution of four people tonight 'deplorable act'Press release 28 Jul 2016
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USA: Lack of accountability in Freddie Gray case highlights need for criminal justice reformPress release 28 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action: Mother pleads to find her disappeared son in Ukraine
Dmytro Koroliov was given a suspended five-year sentence in 2015 for joining the separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. His mother claims he was abducted by the Security Service on 3 August 2015 and that he has been held in secret detention since.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Jul 2016 -
Morocco: civilian retrial for 25 unfairly convicted Sahrawis welcomedPress release 28 Jul 2016
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Aleppo's heavily-bombed residents unlikely to trust Russia's 'humanitarian operation'Press release 28 Jul 2016
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Indonesia set to carry out 14 'unlawful' executions tonightPress release 28 Jul 2016
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Turkey: 'Unlawful' crackdown on media intensifiesPress release 28 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action: Protestor seriously injured by water cannon in South Korea
Baek Nam-gi was injured critically by the use of a water cannon during a demonstration in Seoul on 14 November 2015. He suffered brain damage and remains unconscious but his condition is deteriorating. None of the officials involved has faced…
Urgent action outcomes 28 Jul 2016 -
Venezuela: New regime effectively amounts to forced labourPress release 28 Jul 2016
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Urgent action update: Vote on the right to abortion pending in Dominican Rep.
The Dominican Republic Senate was due to vote on 25 July on a reform to the Criminal Code which maintains the criminalization of abortion except where the pregnancy poses a risk to the life of a pregnant woman or girl.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Jul 2016 -
Brazil: Amnesty International activists deliver 'body bags' to Rio 2016 organisersPress release 27 Jul 2016
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Senior role for Indonesian general implicated in East Timor crimes shows 'contempt for human rights'Press release 27 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action: Imminent round of executions in Indonesia
Two death row prisoners were moved on 24 and 25 July to Nusakambangan prison island, where 13 executions were carried out in 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Fear for safety of human rights defender in Zimbabwe
There is fear for the safety of Evan Mawarire, a pastor and leader of the #ThisFlag social media movement in Zimbabwe, who called for a national stay-away.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2016 -
Indonesia: 14 people could be executed this weekendPrisoners charged with drugs offenses face death by firing squad on 'execution island'
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Yemen: Blocks to humanitarian aid delivery violate international law, causing 'dreadful suffering'Press release 26 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action: Minority group's protest met with violence in Vietnam
A spontaneous demonstration by ethnic and religious minority Ede in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam on 14 July was violently suppressed, resulting in injuries to around 20 demonstrators.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Five political activists at risk of torture in Pakistan
Five political activists; four from the Muttahida Quami Movement political party, one from the Pak Sarzameen Party, are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment while awaiting trial.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: 13 activists charged, held incommunicado in Mauritania
Four more activists from the anti-slavery organization Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA) were arrested on 8 and 9 July, just days after the arrest of nine others.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2016
