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Urgent Action Victory! Crimean Lawyer Released But Still At Risk (Ukraine: UA 31/17)
Human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov was released on 5 February in Simferopol, Crimea, having served 10 days in administrative detention to which he was sentenced as reprisal for his human…
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Urgent Action Victory! Algerian Journalist Hassan Bouras Released (Algeria: UA 280/16)
Algerian journalist Hassan Bouras was released on 17 January after his sentence was reduced to a six-month suspended prison term on appeal.
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Urgent Action Victory! Not-Guilty Verdict For Men Sentenced To Death (China: UA 256/05)
After more than 13 years since Huang Zhiqiang, Fang Chunping, Cheng Fagen and Cheng Lihe were originally sentenced to death, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People’s Court has announced a not-guilty…
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Urgent Action Victory! Unlawfully Detained Hindu Fisherman Out On Bail (Bangladesh: UA 7/17)
Hindu fisherman Rasraj Das was granted bail on 16 January 2017 after spending more than two months in jail for allegedly posting an “offensive” image on Facebook. Although police have…
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Urgent Action Victory! Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence (USA: UA 277/16)
With less than a week left in his term, former President Barack Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence on 17 January. While this welcome move was long overdue, the US government…
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Urgent Action Victory! Cuban Graffiti Artist Released (Cuba: UA 273/16)
Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) was released over the weekend. Amnesty International had considered him a prisoner of conscience.
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Urgent Action Victory! Four Youth Activists Released On Bail (Angola: UA 188/16)
Four Angolan youth activists who are part of the Benguela Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário de Benguela) are out on bail. The youth activists have not been charged.
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Urgent Action Victory! Bahraini Prisoner Of Conscience Released (Bahrain: UA 3/16)
Bahraini activist Dr Sa’eed Mothaher Habib al-Samahiji has been released after completing his one-year prison sentence. He was a prisoner of conscience.
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Urgent Action Victory! Human Rights Defender Reunited With Family (Pakistan: UA 181/16)
Human rights defender Wahid Baloch has been released more than four months after suspected enforced disappearance by state security forces in Karachi. No information about his situation or whereabouts had…
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Urgent Action Victory! Police Return Human Rights Defender’s Seized Vehicles (Nicaragua: UA 276/16)
On 10 December Nicaraguan police returned two vehicles that they had taken possession of from human rights defender Francisca Ramírez 10 days before. The vehicles showed signs of damage and…
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Urgent Action Victory! Texas Court Blocks Execution (USA: UA 264/16)
On 2 December, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution to John Battaglia, a 61-year-old man who was scheduled to be executed in Texas on 7…
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Urgent Action Victory! Child Released From Administrative Detention (Israel/OPT: UA 101/16)
Abed al-Rahman Awad Kmail was released by the Israeli authorities from administrative detention on 2 October after nearly eight months in detention in Megiddo prison inside Israel. He had spent…