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Moves Like Malala – Mobilising Youth ActivistsBlog post 01 Jul 2016
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Libya: new testimonies reveal horrors inflicted on refugees and migrants by traffickersPress release 01 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action update: Bidun defender beaten during prison transfer in Kuwait
Bidun human rights defender ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli remains in prison to serve a separate sentence of three months. He was beaten by policemen as he was transferred from the court to Kuwait’s Central Prison.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Jul 2016 -
Brazil: Huge spike in number of police killings in Rio ahead of OlympicsPress release 01 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action: Congolese civilian's military trial politically motivated
Professor Huit Mulongo is facing trumped up charges of possession of a military weapon and ammunition. He will be tried before a military court, despite being a civilian.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jun 2016 -
Petition calling on your local council to stand against hateUrgent action outcomes 30 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Congolese activist in military trial risks 20 years in prison
Paul Kikukama Ndjokolo is set to stand trial before a military court and risks a prison sentence solely for having distributed a civil society press release to police officers. Amnesty International calls for his unconditional and immediate release.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: First execution in the Maldives in 60 years feared imminent
The Maldives Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence against 22 year old Hussain Humaam Ahmed for the murder of MP Afrasheem Ali in 2012, despite serious concerns about fair trial proceedings in his case.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jun 2016 -
How fiction for teens helps combat hate crimesBlog post 30 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action: Jailed Iranian trade unionist's health and life at risk
Iranian trade unionist, Jafar Azimzadeh, lost consciousness on 27 June following a two-month-long hunger strike. He is at risk of being returned to Tehran’s Evin Prison, where his life may be at risk. He is a prisoner of conscience.
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Three ways you can stand against hateBlog post 30 Jun 2016 -
Against hate: social media resources – to set as your profile pictureUrgent action outcomes 29 Jun 2016 -
My Body My Rights - Roundup29 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Imminent critical congress vote on abortion in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic Congress is set to vote on July on a partial reform of the Penal Code related to abortion. Lawmakers must not allow a regression in women´s rights.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's trial date set for 12 July in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab was told on 26 June that his trial will begin on 12 July on charges of “spreading false rumours in times of war” and “insulting public authorities” in relation to tweets he published in 2015.
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Against hate: social media resources – to share on facebook/twitterUrgent action outcomes 29 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action update: Romani families at risk after forced eviction in Italy
Around 75 Romani families were forcibly evicted on 21 June from the camp of Masseria del Pozzo, in the town of Giugliano in Campania, near Naples.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Sudanese students released from Niss detention
Eight students who were arrested while at the office of the human rights lawyer, Nabil Adib, in Khartoum on 5 May have been released on 19 June and 21 June.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Jun 2016 -
Saudi Arabia should be suspended from UN's Human Rights CouncilPress release 29 Jun 2016
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Today's CIA rendition cases at European Court are 'last chance' for truthPress release 29 Jun 2016
