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Aug 2 2019 11:56am
Urgent Action update: Filmmaker charged, health concerns remain
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a prominent filmmaker, has been formally charged a...
Aug 2 2019 10:56am
Uganda: Academic found guilty of cyber harassment of president after Facebook post
‘The mere fact that forms of expression are considered insulting to a ...
Aug 1 2019 2:25pm
Urgent Action update: 30 opposition figures sentenced to death
On 9 July 2019, the Huthi-run Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) of Sana...
Aug 1 2019 1:23pm
Iran: Kurdish singer flogged for drinking alcohol and 'insulting Islam'
Peyman Mirzazadeh reportedly flogged 20 times for ‘drinking alcohol’ a...
Jul 30 2019 5:29pm
Lebanon: cancellation of Mashrou' Leila concert condemned
Mashrou’ Leila played same songs at same venue three years ago Band...
Jul 29 2019 4:29pm
Urgent Action update: Jailed Crimean Tatar’s health still at risk
On 3 July a court in Russian - occupied Crimea rejected Edem Bekirov’s...
Jul 29 2019 12:15pm
Urgent Action: Security agent ill-treated in detention
Ding Ding Mou, a South Sudanese security agent, is detained at the Riv...
Jul 25 2019 12:40pm
Urgent Action: Detained youth activist denied family visits
Michael Wetnhialic, a South Sudanese youth activist in his 30s, is arb...
Jul 25 2019 11:14am
Urgent Action: Jailed for protesting forced veiling laws
Iranian women’s rights defenders Monireh Arabshahi, Yasaman Aryani and...