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Urgent Action update: 15-year-boy's trial adjourned, still detained in Egypt

The trial of 15-year-old Aser Mohamed has been adjourned to 16 November.

1st update on UA 197/16 issued 20/10/2016

Urgent Action: Two Campesino leaders shot dead in Honduras

On 18 October, José Ángel Flores and Silmer Dionisio George of the Unified Campesino Movement of the Aguán were murdered.

UA 241/16 issued 19/10/2016

Urgent Action: Death threats against Bersih organizers in Malaysia

Death threats are the latest form of harassment levelled against the Chairperson of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) and other organizers, activists and supporters of the Bersih 5 rally, planned for 19 November, calling for electoral reform.

UA 240/16 issued 19/10/2016

Urgent Action: Detained rights defender's family at risk in Ukraine

The family of the Crimean Tatar human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku is facing threats and harassment as a way to intimidate him.

UA 229/16 issued 19/10/2016

Urgent Action reissue: Defender threatened for work with campesinos

Human rights defender and social leader Rubén Ortiz is suffering from constant threats and intimidation related to his support for the rights of peasant farmer (campesino) communities and mission workers in Argentina. This UA has been reissued as the details of the Argentine Ambassador to the UK were incorrect in the previous UA.

UA 221/16b reissued on 21/10/2016

Urgent Action: Two Indian children held in unlawful detention

Two teenage boys in Jammu and Kashmir are being detained in prison under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), which expressly prohibits the detention of anyone under 18 years of age.

UA 239/16 issued 19/10/2016

Urgent Action: Fears for safety of murder victim's family in Venezuela

Luis Urbano, son of human rights defender José Luis Urbano, was murdered by police officers in the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela, on 10 October. The safety of his family is at risk.

UA 237/16 issued 18/10/2016

Urgent Action: Paramilitary activity threatens peace community in Colombia

Over the last few months, there has been an increase in paramilitary activity in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in north-western Colombia.

UA 236/16 issued 17/10/2016

Urgent Action update:Ali Isa Al-Tajer's trial adjourned to 3 November in Bahrain

Ali Isa al-Tajer’s trial on terrorism charges began on 23 August. The judge did not respond to the allegation that his confessions were extracted under torture.

3rd update on UA 267/15 issued 17/10/2016

Urgent Action: Female detainees sexually attacked in prison in Somalia

For the past month, female detainees at Gabiley prison have complained of sexual violence, including rape, and other forms of torture and ill-treatment by the male guards at the prison.

UA 214/16 issued 12/10/2016