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Urgent Action: 28 miners missing in Venezuela

Twenty-eight informal gold miners have been reported missing in Venezuela. Other members of the community may be at risk.

UA 53/16 issued 10/03/2016

Urgent Action: Human rights defender sick in prison in Azerbaijan

Tales Khasmammadov's health has continued to deteriorate in prison and he is not receiving adequate medical care in the prison’s hospital.

UA 55/16 issued 10/03/2016

Urgent Action: Year in prison for peaceful protest in Algeria

Abdelali Ghellam was sentenced in March 2016 to one year in prison for taking part in a peaceful protest in December 2015.

UA 54/16 issued 09/03/2016

Urgent Action: People with albinism under threat in Malawi

Thousands of people with albinism and their families in Malawi are living in fear of attacks, killings, abductions and mutilations.

UA 51/16 issued 08/03/2016

Urgent Action: Three journalists face prison in Cameroon

Cameroonian journalists Baba Wame, Felix Ebole Bola and Rodrigue Tongue are on trial for not disclosing their sources.

UA 52/16 issued 08/03/2016

Urgent Action: Witness to murder at risk in Honduras

Mexican human rights defender Gustavo Castro Soto, who witnessed the murder of Berta Cáceres, is at risk in Honduras.

UA 50/16 issued 07/03/2016

Urgent Action good news: Six men free after sentence reduced in Tunisia

Six Tunisian men convicted of “sodomy” were found guilty but not returned to prison after their sentence was reduced on appeal.

2nd update on UA 298/15 issued 07/03/2016

Urgent Action: Whereabouts unknown of disappeared men in Syria

There whereabouts of student Adel Barazi and three other men who were arrested together with him remain unknown.

UA 44/16 issued 03/03/2016

Urgent Action: Lawyer Supporting Churches Still Detained in China

Human rights lawyer Zhang Kai, was transferred to Wenzhou Detention Centre under criminal detention on 26 February 2016.

1st update UA 190/15 issued 03/03/2016

Urgent Action: Humanitarian Crisis in Greece

Thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants are trapped in Greece in dire conditions, with no access to protection due to arbitrary and discriminatory border closures.

UA 48/16 issued 04/03/2016