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Urgent Action update: Palestinian journalist still arbitrarily held
Israeli authorities attempted a war crime by trying to forcibly deport Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa al-Kharouf.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Hong Kong: Water cannons a danger in hands of 'trigger-happy' policeWater cannons could be deployed in city’s narrow streets as early as next week.
Press release 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Activists released on bail, awaiting trial
The trial of seven activists, charged with treason for attending a training in the Maldives, has yet to begin.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking labour rights activist at risk
Sepideh Gholian has been on hunger strike in protest at the ill-treatment of her family and dire conditions in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Grassroots women activist held incommunicado
Chen Jianfang, a devoted grassroots human rights defender has been held in incommunicado detention since 20 March.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Young man at imminent risk of execution
The Constitutional Court of Sudan confirmed the death sentence against Abbas Mohammed Nur Musa on 20 May 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Writer faces up to 10 years jail for story
Shakthika Sathkumara was arrested for writing a short story and sharing it on his Facebook profile.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: A decade in jail for defying forced veiling
Prisoners of conscience jailed solely because of their peaceful campaigning against discriminatory forced veiling laws.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Uyghur woman held incommunicado for 2 years
Buzainafu Abudourexiti continues to be held in incommunicado detention after she was suddenly detained in March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Mediterranean: 121 people - including babies and children - stranded at seaSome of those on the vessel have reportedly been tortured in detention in Libya
Press release 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Researcher forcibly disappeared
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, a housing rights researcher with an NGO, was arrested by security forces and forcibly disappeared.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Côte D’Ivoire: Crackdown on dissenting voices must stop ahead of next year’s elections14 peaceful activists arrested since the beginning of the year
Press release 07 Aug 2019 -
Turkey: 136 social media and news sites blocked in 'suffocating crackdown' on freedom of expressionPress release 06 Aug 2019 -
Afghanistan: Taliban threaten attacks on presidential ralliesAfghanistan in second week of campaigning ahead of elections next month.
Press release 06 Aug 2019 -
USA: Trump's attempt to link gun reform with immigration condemned‘There are too many guns, and insufficient laws today to keep track of them all’
Press release 05 Aug 2019 -
India: Revoking special status of Jammu and Kashmir likely to inflame tensionsPress release 05 Aug 2019
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Urgent Action update: Land defenders in Río Blanco still at risk
On 16 July, COPINH reported new attacks that affected at least 25 families of the community of Río Blanco, Honduras.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2019 -
Mauritania: blogger Mohamed Mkhaïtir released after five years in detention for publishing a blogMkhaïtir was sentenced to death and held in arbitrary detention for more than five years
Press release 05 Aug 2019 -
Amnesty International to divest from fossil fuel companiesHuman rights organisation also aims to become carbon neutral by 2035 and slash air travel by a third
Press release 05 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Activist held incommunicado for months
Yang Zhengjun, a prominent workers’ rights activist has been held incommunicado since 8 January 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2019
