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Urgent Action Outcome: Lecturer Granted Presidential Amnesty

Saiful Mahdi, who was convicted of defamation for a WhatsApp message, received a presidential amnesty.

Lecturer Granted Presidential Amnesty

Qatar: Unfinished Business (2022)

Examining Qatar's record on labour rights, relating to the Qatar World Cup 2022 & migrant workers.

What Qatar must do to fulfil promises on migrant workers’ rights.

Slovenia: Claims To Protester To Pay Costs Of Policing Withdrawn

Following the change of government in Slovenia, the lawsuits against theatre director Jaša Jenull were withdrawn.

First update on UA 25/22

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.

USA: Man With Mental Disability Executed

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.

Human Rights Defender Released

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.

Activist Successfully Leaves Home After 18 Months

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.

Teenage Girl Jailed Over Facebook Post Freed

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.

Governor Rejects Clemency, Execution Proceeds

Urgent Action Outcome: Activist Relieved From Further Imprisonment

Maldivian activist Mohamed Rusthum Mujuthaba has been relieved from further imprisonment on charges of blasphemy.

Activist Relieved From Further Imprisonment