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Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabia executes man after unfair trial

Saudi Arabia executed Said Mabkhout al-Sai’ari on 13 September.

2nd update on UA 144/17 issued 29/09/2017

Urgent Action: Adequate relief and reconstruction needed in Mexico

A devastating earthquake hit Mexico on 19 September. Hundreds of people have died, thousands have been made homeless.

UA 224/17 issued 28/09/2017

Urgent Action good news: Court blocks execution, decision awaited in USA

The US Supreme Court prevented the State of Georgia from executing Keith Tharpe on 26 September.

1st update on UA 216/17 issued 28/09/2017

Urgent Action: Uighur woman incommunicado after secret trial in China

Buzainafu Abudourexiti was suddenly detained in March 2017 and sentenced in a secret trial to seven years in prison.

UA 222/17 issued 28/09/2017

Urgent Action: Torture fears for detained human rights defender in China

Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua has been criminally detained for “inciting subversion of state power”.

UA 235/17 issued 27/09/2017

Urgent Action: Mapuche in Chile charged with 'terrorist crimes' at risk

The lives of four Indigenous Mapuche men are at risk as a result of a hunger strike they initiated more than 100 days ago

UA 234/17 issued 26/09/2017

Urgent Action Update: Human Rights lawyer detained in dire conditions in Egypt

Detained human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwaly is being held in solitary confinement.

1st update on UA 210/17 issued 28/09/2017

Urgent Action: Egyptian Human Rights lawyer must be released

Ibrahim Metwaly was detained on 10 September

UA 210/17 issued 15/09/2017

Urgent Action: Mass Raid and Detention of LGBTI People in Azerbaijan

On 22 September, Azerbaijani police conducted raids on LGBTI individuals in Baku, detaining more than 100 people

UA 223/17 issued 28/09/2017