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Urgent Action Outcome: Jordanian Man Executed Following Unfair TrialOn 12 March, Saudi Arabian authorities executed Hussein Abo al-Kheir.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Mar 2023 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Texas Execution Date WithdrawnAndre Thomas’s execution date of 5 April 2023 has been withdrawn by a county judge.
Past work, Urgent action outcomes 15 Mar 2023 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Florida Conducts Its First Execution Since 2019
Donald Dillbeck was executed in Florida on 23 February 2023.
Past work, Urgent action outcomes 03 Mar 2023 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Investigations Into Claims Of Torture ContinueThe court ordered the reopening of the investigation into the seven officers involved in the attack on Moisés Órdenes.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Mar 2023 -
The impact of the recent earthquakes on civilians in SyriaThe impact of the recent earthquakes on civilians in Syria. Four things you should know.
14 Feb 2023 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Lecturer Granted Presidential AmnestySaiful Mahdi received a presidential amnesty on 13 October 2021.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Feb 2023 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Veteran Radio Host Released From PrisonVeteran internet radio host “Giggs” Edmund Wan was released on 18 November 2022.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jan 2023 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Arbitrarily Detained Journalist ReleasedOn 7 December, the Huthi de facto authorities released journalist Younis Abdelsalam.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jan 2023 -
USA: Clemency Denied, Missouri Execution Goes Ahead
Kevin Johnson was executed in Missouri on the evening of 29 November 2022.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Dec 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Lecturer Granted Presidential Amnesty
Saiful Mahdi, who was convicted of defamation for a WhatsApp message, received a presidential amnesty.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Nov 2022 -
Slovenia: Claims To Protester To Pay Costs Of Policing WithdrawnFollowing the change of government in Slovenia, the lawsuits against theatre director Jaša Jenull were withdrawn.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Oct 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Man With Mental Disability Executed
Benjamin Cole, a man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and brain damage, was executed on 20 October 2022 in Oklahoma.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Oct 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defender Released
Belarusian human rights defender Nasta Loika was released on 6 October after spending 30 days in arbitrary detention.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2022 -
Activist Successfully Leaves Home After 18 Months
Sahrawi woman activist Sultana Khaya managed to leave her house in Western Sahara, on 30 May and travel to Spain.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Sep 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Teenage Girl Jailed Over Facebook Post Freed
Dipti Rani Das was granted bail on 17 February 2022 and released from detention on 15 March 2022.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Sep 2022 -
Almost 20'000 people urged the Prime Minister to help people who are fleeing war in Ukraine.Many thanks to the tens of thousands of you who took action calling on the PM to help people fleeing Ukraine after Russia's full-scale war of aggression. Your response has been incredible.
06 Sep 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Governor Rejects Clemency, Execution Proceeds
James Coddington, aged 50, was executed in Oklahoma on 25 August 2022 for the murder of a 73-year-old friend in 1997.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Sep 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Activist Relieved From Further Imprisonment
Maldivian activist Mohamed Rusthum Mujuthaba has been relieved from further imprisonment on charges of blasphemy.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Aug 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Texas Court Blocks Execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution for Ramiro Gonzales 48 hours before it was due to be carried out
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jul 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Activist Is Sentenced To Imprisonment
On 27 May, the Sovetskii District Court sentenced activist Mikhail Iosilevich to 20 months imprisonment.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Jul 2022
