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Jun 27 2019 1:55pm
UN General Assembly set to vote on curbing trade in torture equipment
China is major manufacturer of equipment like spiked batons, spiked el...
Jun 21 2019 4:07pm
Urgent Action outcome: Detainees no longer in police custody
All detainees held at the police’s anti-terrorism branch in Urfa provi...
May 31 2019 4:21pm
Urgent Action: Incommunicado detainee at risk of torture
Lebanese detainee Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui has been held incommunicado since...
May 29 2019 3:53pm
Urgent Action update: Verdict issued against Lebanese men
On 15 May 2019, the Federal Appeal Court in Abu Dhabi issued its verdi...
May 29 2019 12:35pm
Urgent Action: Dozens at risk of torture in police detention
A group of 47 people, including men, women and three children, were de...
May 24 2019 3:02pm
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience tortured to confess
Journalist and human rights defender Nguyen Van Hoa was convicted and ...
May 20 2019 12:14pm
Urgent Action update: Jailed academic needs urgent medical care
Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali needs urgent specialized me...
May 17 2019 2:24pm
UK's torture record 'rightly criticised' by United Nations
Amnesty International has said the United Nations has “rightly critici...
May 17 2019 1:01pm
Urgent Action update: Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh ...
May 13 2019 10:21am
Urgent Action update: Two men at risk of execution
On 6 May 2019, the Bahraini Court of Cassation upheld the convictions ...