Urgent Action good news: Myanmar human rights activists released
Six human rights activists have been released from prison following a Presidential pardon in Myanmar on 17 April.
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Urgent Action update: prisoner of conscience in Myanmar jailed for six months
U Gambira has been sentenced to six months in prison with hard labour by a court in Myanmar. There are concerns that his ongoing detention could seriously exacerbate his already serious mental health issues.
Urgent Action: Whereabouts of disappeared Iranian man unknown
The Iranian authorities have yet to establish the fate and whereabouts of Yousef Silavi, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, who has been missing since November 2009.
Urgent Action: Pakistani man paralysed in jail now at risk of execution
A Pakistani man convicted and sentenced to death for murder in 2009, Abdul Basit, is at risk of execution. His execution has been stayed three times.
Urgent Action: Two prisoners of conscience, seven men held in Togo
Two men are arbitrarily detained in Dapaong, after they questioned the commemoration of the country’s Independence Day and called for justice for people who were killed during protests in Mango.
Urgent Action update: concern grows for Egyptian NGOs
A court case against Egyptian human rights defenders has now increased to include three other human rights organizations.