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Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabian activist held incommunicado

Saudi Arabian human rights defender Mohammad al-Otaibi has been detained incommunicado in Saudi Arabia since 28 May, after he was deported from Qatar. He is a prisoner of conscience and at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

1st update on UA 124/17 issued 08/06/2017

Urgent Action good news: Three charges against journalist dropped in Madagascar

Fernand Cello, a Malagasy investigative journalist, has had three charges which were related to his journalism work dropped. These charges were related to his journalism work. He is also now receiving the medical care he needs.

1st update on UA 108/17 issued 08/06/2017

Urgent Action: Human rights defender threatened with violence in Bangladesh

Prominent human rights defender Sultana Kamal has received threats of violence from the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam, following comments she made on a TV talk show.

UA 131/17 issued 07/06/2017

Urgent Action: Torture survivor at risk of arbitrary detention in Russian Federation

Torture survivor, Murad Amriev, lodged a complaint against his torturers in Chechnya, and is currently at risk of being detained and escorted to Chechnya were he would be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.

UA 132/17 issued 07/06/2017

Urgent Action update: Chadian activist granted provisional release

Chadian activist Maoundoe Decladore Djikoldingam has been granted provisional release by an investigating judge pending an investigation into his case, and so that he can receive medical treatment.

1st update on UA 118/17 issued 07/06/2017

Urgent Action good news: Unsafe refugee camps in Greece evacuated

The three refugee camps in the Elliniko area, Athens, were evacuated on 2 June. The majority of refugees and migrants still in the sites were transferred by bus to alternative camps.

1st update on UA 93/17 issued 06/06/2017

Urgent Action: Saudi Arabian activist detained after deportation

Saudi Arabian human rights defender Mohammad al-Otaibi has been detained in Saudi Arabia since 25 May after he was deported from Qatar. He was travelling to Norway where he had been granted asylum. He is a prisoner of conscience.

UA 124/17 issued 02/06/2017

Urgent Action: Sick elderly Iranian activist on travel ban

Elderly human rights defender Dr Mohammad Maleki, 84, is being prevented from leaving Iran to visit his children in the Netherlands and Canada.

UA 120/17 issued 02/06/2017

Urgent Action good news: Journalists cleared of criminal defamation in Timor-Leste

On 1 June, a Dili court cleared Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Vicente Martins of all charges against them. The two Timorese journalists were on trial on criminal “defamatory false information” charges filed by Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister in 2016.

2nd update on UA 230/16 issued 02/06/2017

Urgent Action: Activists held under administrative detention in India

G Thirumurugan Gandhi, D Arun Kumar, M Tyson, and Ilamaran were arrested on 21 May 2017 for attempting to stage a peaceful memorial for Tamils killed in the final stages of the civil war in Sri Lanka.

UA 128/17 issued 02/06/2017