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Urgent Action: US embassy must urgently issue diversity visas to Yemenis in Malaysia

Yemenis who left everything behind to come to the US have been stuck in Malaysia for months due to the travel ban.

UA 221/17 issued 25/09/2017

Urgent Action: Pakistani journalist attacked while driving home

Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan was driving home with his two children when he was attacked by two men on a motorbike.

UA 220/17 issued 25/09/2017

Urgent Action good news: Dr Mudawi unconditionally released in Sudan

Sudanese human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was released on 29 August.

2nd update on UA 26/17 issued 25/09/2017

Urgent Action: Victim of acid attack faces defamation charge in Indonesia

Novel Baswedan is facing criminal defamation proceedings for an email he wrote as a union representative.

UA 217/17 issued 25/09/2017

Urgent Action: Activists risk prison after peaceful protests in the DRC

Four pro-democracy Congolese activists were sentenced to eight months in prison. A fifth is still facing trial.

UA 218/17 issued 22/09/2017

Urgent Action update: Human rights defender faces new charges in Bahrain

Prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab faces new charges including “inciting hatred against the regime”.

17th update on UA 249/14 issued 22/09/2017

Urgent Action: Detained cartoonist facing trumped up charges in Equatorial Guinea

An Equatorial Guinean cartoonist and activist, Ramón Esono Ebalé, has been arrested and detained.

UA 219/17 issued 22/09/2017

Urgent Action update: Florida execution reset, innocence maintained

Michael Lambrix is scheduled to be executed in Florida at 6pm on 5 October.

2nd update on UA 31/15 issued 21/09/2017

Student Fundraising Guide - Fashion Show

A guide to organising a fashion show fundraiser on campus

Student Fundraising Guide - Fashion Show

Urgent Action good news: Activist released after charges dropped in Myanmar

Activist Htin Kyaw was released from prison.

1st update on UA 73/17 issued 20/09/2017