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Urgent Action: Human rights defender and blogger detainedUzbekistani blogger and human rights defender Nafosat Olloshkurova was violently detained while monitoring the police.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Oct 2019 -
Urgent Action: Stop harassment of human rights activistPolice raided the home of prominent human a prominent LGBTI activist, arresting her for "offending religious beliefs".
Urgent action outcomes 28 Oct 2019 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Ahmed H. allowed to return homeAhmed H. was permitted to return home to his family in Cyprus after spending almost four years separated from his family.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Oct 2019 -
Urgent Action Update: Abuse of jailed activist must stopImprisoned labour rights activist Sepideh Gholian and her family are suffering abuse and harassment from authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Oct 2019 -
Turkey: Hundreds of Syrian refugees 'tricked or forced' into returning to Syria - new reportTurkish authorities have taken handcuffed refugees in buses back to Syria ahead of creating so-called ‘safe zones’
Press release 25 Oct 2019 -
José AdriánLearn how you can take action for José Adrián, who was arrested, beaten and strung up by the police in Mexico.
25 Oct 2019 -
Emil OstrovkoSend a message of solidarity and support to Emil Ostrovko who's been imprisoned unfairly for eight years.
25 Oct 2019 -
Migrant womenLearn how you can help protect migrant women and their children in the UK from domestic abuse.
25 Oct 2019 -
Urgent Actions Update: Medical doctor found alive but torturedIt is feared Dr Peter Magombeyi may be falsely charged for “faking an abduction” upon his return to Zimbabwe.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Oct 2019 -
China: Hosting FIFA Club World Cup must not be an opportunity to 'sportswash' reputationFIFA today announced China would host the Club World Cup in 2021.
Press release 24 Oct 2019 -
Myanmar: 'Relentless and ruthless' military atrocities continue - new reportFresh evidence Myanmar military torturing and killing ethnic minorities.
Press release 24 Oct 2019 -
Iran: Amputation of man's hand for theft 'an abhorrent form of torture'Press release 24 Oct 2019
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Urgent Action: Another journalist arrested to silence dissent
A respected journalist who has been critical of the Tanzania's human rights record was taken without explanation.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Oct 2019 -
Northern Ireland: court drops charges against mother prosecuted for buying daughter abortion pills'I can go back to being the mother I was’
Press release 23 Oct 2019 -
Jordan: women jailed for 'absence' from home, and sex or pregnancy outside marriage - new reportDozens of women have been jailed for months at a time
Press release 23 Oct 2019 -
Ukraine: Donetsk authorities jail journalist for 'espionage'Press release 23 Oct 2019 -
UK: Essex lorry deaths a 'heartbreaking and horrifying incident''People who are forced to take dangerous and sometimes fatal passages to reach the UK often do so because current immigration policies and practices deny them safe and legal options' - Steve Valdez-Symonds
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Bolivia: Authorities must respect the right to peaceful protestPress release 22 Oct 2019
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Urgent Action: Missing human rights defender believed killedMarie-Claudette Kwizera, a human rights defender, is believed to have been killed after she was abducted by authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Oct 2019 -
Libya: likely war crimes being committed in battle for Tripoli - first detailed investigationInvestigators examined 33 attack sites
Press release 21 Oct 2019
