Urgent action outcome: Shaman released from psychiatric detention
Siberian shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev was released from psychiatric detention on 22 July.
Urgent Action outcome: LGBT+ activist Victoria Biran released
On 11 October LGBT+ activist Victoria Biran was released after two weeks in detention.
Urgent Action Outcome: Detained activist gets medical and family access
Political activist Serge Branco Nana is currently serving a two-year prison sentence for ‘mutiny’ in Mfou Prison.
Urgent Action Outcome: 10-month sentence for Yemeni LGBTI rights defender
Al-Bokari was charged with violating public morality, promoting homosexuality online and imitating women.
Urgent Action outcome: Mapuche spiritual leader ends hunger strike
On 18 August 2020, the spiritual leader of the Mapuche people, machi Celestino Córdova Tránsito, ended his hunger strike.
Urgent Action outcome: Conviction of prisoners of conscience upheld
The Russian Military Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Crimean Tatar human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku.
Urgent Action outcome: Opposition leader released from prison
After being in detention since October 2019, José Daniel Ferrer García was sent to house arrest in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Urgent Action outcome: Teacher and protest organizer released on bail
On 30 May 2020, teacher and activist Badal Abdulbaqi Aba Bakr Barwari was released on bail.
Urgent Action outcome: Journalist convicted but given lenient sentence
Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva was found guilty of “justification of terrorism” and fined on 6 July
Urgent Action outcome: Man executed for crime when he was 18 years old
Billy Wardlow was executed on 8 July 2020.