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Urgent Action: Eight Sudanese human rights activists detained
Six staff members and a volunteer from TRACKS for Training and Human Development and the visiting director of Al Zarqa for Rural Development organisation have been detained since 22 May at the office of the National Intelligence and Security Service (…
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Niger Delta: Government clean-up does not let Shell off the hookPress release 31 May 2016
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Brazil: "One of deadliest cities on earth" - warning ahead of Rio OlympicsPress release 31 May 2016
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Afghanistan: Escalation in conflict causing 'displacement crisis'Press release 31 May 2016
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Urgent Action: María Teresa’s release at risk in El Salvador
María Teresa Rivera, a Salvadoran woman recently released after four years in prison for pregnancy-related charges, risks being sent back to trial if the Attorney General decides to appeal the judge’s ruling that just set her free.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Tried for tweets, her siblings disappeared in UAE
Moza ‘Abdouli is due to be sentenced on 30 May by the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Improved conditions for detained jounalist in Bangladesh
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist has been moved out of solitary confinement but concerns remain that he is still not being granted adequate medical care.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Minority religious leaders detained and charged in Indonesia
Three followers of the ‘Millah Abraham’ religious belief are being detained by the Indonesian national police.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Thee executed by Hamas in Gaza StripPress release 31 May 2016
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Egypt: eight men sentenced to death following torture is latest 'affront to justice'Press release 30 May 2016
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Chad: Hissene Habre verdict brings justice for tens of thousandsPress release 30 May 2016
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Egypt: head of press syndicate detention is 'most brazen attack on media in decades' warns AmnestyPress release 30 May 2016
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Bahrain: Opposition leader jailed for nine years over peaceful speechesPress release 30 May 2016
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'Connect, uplift and inspire': Women’s Equality Day 2016Blog post 29 May 2016
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Urgent Action update: Returned activists at risk of unfair trial in China
Two Chinese activists are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and unfair trial. They were recognized as refugees by the UN’s Refugee Agency, but were forcibly returned to China from Thailand in violation of international law. One had been held in…
Urgent action outcomes 27 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Ukraine: Crimean Tatar activist forcibly disappeared
Crimean Tatar activist Ervin Ibragimov went missing on 24 May. Footage from a CCTV camera shows a group of men forcing him into a van and driving away. He has not been heard from since, and there are serious concerns for his safety.
Urgent action outcomes 27 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Guarani Kaiowa risk imminent forced eviction in Brazil
The Apika’y Indigenous People, one of the most vulnerable of the Guarani Kaiowá communities of Mato Grosso do Sul state, are once again facing forced eviction. The judge who issued the eviction order only notified the community five days in advance, and…
Urgent action outcomes 26 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defenders under threat in South Africa
Sikhosiphi Rhadebe, land rights activist and chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC), was shot dead in March. Before his death he learnt that his name was on a ‘hit list’ and so were those of two other leaders of the ACC. There are concerns…
Urgent action outcomes 26 May 2016 -
Birthday party demo for freed Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova outside London Embassy tomorrowPress release 26 May 2016
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South Sudan: Dozens of detainees at risk of death in shipping containersPress release 26 May 2016