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Urgent Action update: Release Chechen man returned to Russia

Chechen torture survivor Murad Amriev was handed over to the Russian authorities by Belarusian police at 3am on 9 June in what amounts to a rendition.

2nd update on UA 132/17 issued 09/06/2017

Urgent Action update: NGO leader charged under 'foreign agents’ law in Russian Federation

On 2 June, prominent Russian human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko was officially charged with “malicious evasion from performance of duties” under the “foreign agents” law.

2nd update on UA 121/16 issued 09/06/2017

Urgent Action: Activists detained for shoe factory research in China

Three labour activists who were conducting undercover research investigations into the labour conditions at Huajian shoe factories, which supply to Ivanka Trump’s brand among others, were taken away by the authorities in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province in late May.

UA 136/17 issued 09/06/2017

Urgent Action: Hundreds stranded at Mexico–Guatemala border

Approximately 400 people from rural Guatemala are stranded at the Mexico-Guatemala border in temporary shelters and tents, without adequate access to water, food, or medical supplies, after a Guatemalan court order was executed to evict them.

UA 130/17 issued 08/06/2017

Update Belarus: Chechen man at risk if extradited from Belarus

Chechen torture survivor Murad Amriev was detained on the night of 7 June as he attempted to enter Belarus. The Chechen authorities have asked for his extradition to Russia to face charges in Grozny, the Chechen capital.

1st update on UA 132/17 issued 08/06/2017

Urgent Action update: Two Sudanese activists at risk of deportation in Saudi Arabia

Sudanese activists Elgassim Mohamed Seed Ahmed and Elwaleed Imam Hassan Taha are at imminent risk of deportation from Saudi Arabia to Sudan, where they would be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

2nd update on UA 9/17 issued 08/06/2017

Urgent Action update: Health risks for detainee in isolation for 232 days in Morocco

Following seven months of prolonged solitary confinement, Ali Aarrass' health condition has critically deteriorated. He is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence in Tifelt II Local Prison.

7th update on UA 219/15 issued 30/05/2017

Book and Activities: The Bone Sparrow

These notes have been created to support students aged 12+ to explore the characters, storyline and issues in this book,

Urgent Action update: Student activists on trial by military court in Thailand

Jatupat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa and six other law students from Khon Kaen University are on trial at a military court for taking part in a peaceful demonstration on 22 May 2015, the first anniversary of a military coup in Thailand.

2nd update on UA 290/16 issued on 23/05/2017

Urgent Action: Release Amnesty International Chair Taner Kılıç detained in Turkey

Chair of Amnesty International Turkey Taner Kılıç was detained on 6 June, wrongly accused of membership of the “Fethullahist Terrorist Organization”. On 9 June he has been remanded in pre-trial detention. The charges against him must be dropped and he must be released immediately and unconditionally.

UA 138/17 issued on 09/06/2017