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Refugee Action Week 2017

This Refugee Action Week, Amnesty International UK and Student Action for Refugees have joined forces to tell the government to stop separating child refugees from their families!

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Urgent Action: Demand release of human rights defender in Cuba

Five days after Fidel Castro’s death, human rights defender Eduardo Cardet was detained and has since been held in provisional detention in Holguín, south-east Cuba.

UA 32/17 issued 31/01/2017

Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience's conviction upheld in Kazakhstan

On 20 January, the Atyrau Regional Court in western Kazakhstan upheld the decision to sentence human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience Maks Bokaev and Talgat Ayan to five years in prison for their involvement in the organization of peaceful demonstrations and their posts on social media.

4th update on UA 115/16 issued 31/01/2017

Urgent Action: Bahraini's fate and whereabouts unknown

Fadhel Sayed Abbas Hasan Radhi has been detained without charge since his arrest on 29 September 2016. He has had no access to a lawyer and only limited access to his family.

UA 30/17 issued 31/01/2017

Urgent Action: Human rights defender jailed for online activism in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian human rights defender Essam Koshak has been detained since 8 January 2017 for his online activism. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally.

UA 025/17 issued on 31/01/2017

Urgent Action: Human rights lawyer incarcerated in Crimea

Prominent human rights lawyer in Crimea Emil Kurbedinov was sentenced to 10 days’ administrative detention on 26 January. He is being targeted for his human rights work and should be immediately released.

UA 031/17 issued on 30/01/2017

Urgent Action update: Man arrested at 17 faces imminent execution in Iran

Hamid Ahmadi, an Iranian man arrested as a juvenile, is at imminent risk of execution. He has been transferred to solitary confinement in Lakan prison in Rasht, northern Iran, in preparation for his execution on 4 February. He was 17 years old when he was arrested for the fatal stabbing of a young man during a fight between him and four others in 2008.

1st update on UA 296/15 issued on 30/01/2017

Urgent Action: Detained opposition member hospitalised in Congo

Congolese political opposition member, Modeste Boukadia, has been hospitalised for the third time as a result of injuries he sustained during a severe beating by prison guards on 15 November 2016 while in prison.

UA 28/17 issued 30/01/2017

Book and activities: The Journey

This beautifully illustrated picture book introduces a powerful and moving perspective on migration for readers of all ag