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Urgent Action: British-Iranian charity worker detained in Iran
British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has been detained in an undisclosed detention centre in Kerman, southern Iran, since 3 April
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Urgent Action: Syrians returned from Greece arbitrarily detained in Turkey
group of 12 Syrian refugees, including four children, have been arbitrarily detained at the Düziçi camp since 27 April
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“I will never stop” – a mother’s campaign to free her son in IranBlog post 20 May 2016
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Urgent Action Update: Chinese activist in dire need of adequate medical care
Yang Maodong started a hunger strike on 9 May to protest his humiliating and threatening treatment by the authorities
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Urgent Action: Detained for stating intention to attend a rally in Kazakhstan
At least 24 people have been arrested since 17 May in different parts of Kazakhstan and have been sentenced to administrative detention
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Queen's Speech surge as petition to keep the Human Rights Act tops 100,000Press release 20 May 2016
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Iran: already-jailed and critically-ill human rights activist gets another 16-year sentencePress release 19 May 2016
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Urgent action update: Bidun Human Rights Defender's sentence upheld in Kuwait
Human rights defender and member of the stateless Bidun community ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli had his one-year imprisonment sentence followed by deportation upheld by the Court of Cassation on 16 May. He has been on hunger strike since his arrest on 18 April.
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Urgent Action: Iranian teenager's execution still pending
Iranian teenager Alireza Tajiki is at continued risk of execution. The authorities did not carry out his scheduled execution on 15 May after a global outcry. However, they have not committed to not rescheduling the execution.
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Urgent Action: Iranian teenager's execution still pending
Iranian teenager Alireza Tajiki is at continued risk of execution. The authorities did not carry out his scheduled execution on 15 May after a global outcry. However, they have not committed to not rescheduling the execution.
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Urgent Action update: Shwkan's trial adjourned until 17 May in Egypt
Egyptian authorities adjourned until 17 May the trial of photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, popularly known as Shawkan. He is facing trumped-up charges as a result of his journalistic work.
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Urgent Action: Journalist arrested for facebook post in UAE
Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer al-Najjar, was arrested on 13 December 2015 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in connection with a comment he posted on his Facebook account in 2014.
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Urgent Action update: Provide adequate medical care to jailed Russian lawyer
A lawyer sentenced to eight and a half years’ imprisonment for alleged extortion and damage to property after a possibly unfair trial is in urgent need of specialized medical care.
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Urgent Action good news: Activist released from psychiatric hospital in Russia
Activist Dmitry Vorobyovsky, who had been taken to a psychiatric hospital on 6 May and subjected to involuntary psychiatric treatment, was released following a court order on 12 May.
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Yemen: Huthis have carried out wave of detentions and torture - new reportPress release 18 May 2016
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Urgent Action update: Iranian physicist needs ongoing cancer care
Iranian physicist and prisoner of conscience Omid Kokabee had surgery on 22 April to remove his right kidney. He has been diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer following five years of medical neglect in prison.
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The déjà vu Queen’s SpeechFrom renewed threats to scrap the Human Rights Act to an elusive Extremism and Safeguarding Bill, what does this year’s Queen’s Speech mean for our human rights?
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Update: 33 men still arbitrarily detained and one ailing in South Sudan
33 men are still in arbitrary detention at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters in the capital of South Sudan.
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Update: Kho Jabing's execution date set for 20 May in Singapore
The execution of Kho Jabing has been set for 20 May
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