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Urgent Action Victory! Social Media Activist Released From Prison (Maldives: UA 70.17)
Maldivian social media activist Thayyib Shaheem was released on 17 April after spending almost one month on remand in Dhoonidhoo island prison. He was accused of “spreading panic” on social…
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Urgent Action Victory! Social Media Activist Released From Prison (Maldives: UA 70.17)
Maldivian social media activist Thayyib Shaheem was released on 17 April after spending almost one month on remand in Dhoonidhoo island prison. He was accused of “spreading panic” on social…
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Egypt: NGO law threatens to annihilate human rights groups
A new law signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, imposing unprecedentedly harsh restrictions on NGOs, could be a death sentence for human rights groups in the country, Amnesty International…
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Urgent Action Update: Health Risks For Detainee In Isolation For 232 Days (Morocco/Western Sahara: UA 219.15)
Following seven months of prolonged solitary confinement, Ali Aarrass' health condition has critically deteriorated. He is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence in Tifelt II Local Prison.
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Urgent Action: Turkish Man Detained And At Risk Of Extradition (Thailand: UA 122.17)
Myanmar-based Turkish education professional, M. Furkan Sökmen was detained in Yangon International Airport on 24 May and last known to be in the transit area of a Bangkok airport. Amnesty…
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Urgent Action: Teacher At Risk If Extradited To Turkey (Georgia: 121.17)
Mustafa Çabuk, a Turkish secondary school teacher living in Georgia, is at imminent risk of extradition to Turkey, where he is at risk of torture and other grave human rights…
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Iraq: Pentagon probe of Mosul airstrike underscores urgent need to protect civilians
As the Pentagon reports on its findings following the investigation into the US-led coalition airstrike that killed at least 100 civilians in West Mosul’s Jadida neighbourhood on 17 March 2017,…
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Urgent Action: Fear For Hunger Strikers’ Well-being (Turkey: UA 107.17)
Academic Nuriye Gülmen and primary school teacher Semih Özakça, were remanded in Sincan prison, in Ankara, on 23 May. They are continuing a prolonged hunger strike to protest against the…
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Urgent Action: Police Use Tear Gas On Peaceful Protesters (Colombia: UA 117.17)
Residents of the city of Buenaventura in Colombia have reported police repression, including the use of tear gas, at peaceful protests that began on 16 May. Several people, including two…
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Israel must release Palestinian prisoner of conscience detained without charge or trial
The Israeli authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Ahmed Qatamesh, a 67-year-old Palestinian academic, writer and political analyst who has been arbitrarily detained under a three-month administrative detention order, said…
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Authorities shut down an Amnesty International press conference in Cameroon
Authorities in Cameroon have shut down an Amnesty International press conference scheduled to take place in Yaoundé this morning. The press conference was calling attention to the case of three…
