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Urgent Action update: Tiananmen “baijiu” activist sentenced to jail

Sichuan activist Chen Bing was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

5th update on UA 138/16 issued 18/04/2019

Urgent Action update: Detained journalist formally charged

Journalist Amade Abubacar has formally been charged.

4th update on UA 01/19 issued 18/04/2019

Urgent Action update: Activist and opposition members await trial

Activist Rashid Mahiya and opposition Members of Parliament, Charlton Hwende and Joanna Mamombe are awaiting trial.

1st update on UA 34/19 issued 11/04/2019

Urgent Action: Falun Gong high school teacher detained

Falun Gong practitioner chemistry teacher Chen Yan is facing a trial for distributing Falun Gong materials on the street.

UA 50/19 issued 15/04/2019

Urgent Action: Bloggers held for condemning corruption

Bloggers Cheikh Jiddou and Abderrahmane Weddady were arbitrarily arrested on 22 March in Nouakchott.

UA 49/19 issued 12/04/2019

Urgent Action update: Disappeared activist at risk of torture

Gao Zhisheng, a former prisoner of conscience and human rights lawyer, is subject to enforced disappearance.

2nd update on UA 212/17 issued 15/04/2019

Urgent Action good news: Anti-military peaceful protester released early

Activist Tin Maung Kyi was released 13 days early on 29 March 2019 after serving six months and two days in prison.

1st update on UA 188/18 issued 12/04/2019

Urgent Action correction: Human rights defender on hunger strike

Ahmed Mansoor has been on hunger strike for over three weeks in protest of his prison conditions and his unfair trial.

Correction on UA 47/19 issued 09/04/2019

Urgent Action: 13 prisoners at risk of imminent execution

After 43 years without using the death penalty, the President, is reportedly planning execute prisoners on death row.

UA 45/19 issued 11/04/2019

Urgent Action update: Nine umbrella movement leaders convicted

Leaders of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests each found guilty of vague and ambiguous “public nuisance' charges.

1st update on UA 191/18 issued 10/04/2019