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Urgent Action: 21-year old man arrested at 16 at risk of execution in Iran

Abolfazl Naderi was 16 years old at the time of his arrest and was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial

UA 028/18 issued 08/01/2018

Palestinian prisoner of conscience on trial

Palestinian human rights defender Munther Amira is facing trial for peacefully participating in protests

UA 026/18 issued 08/02/2018

Urgent Action: Three human rights defenders on hunger strike in Iran

Iranian women human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience started a hunger strike on 3 February in protest

6th Update on UA 174/13 issued 08/02/2018

Urgent Action: Diagnosed with cancer, execution scheduled in USA

Doyle Hamm, due to be executed after 30 years on death row, has received a stay of execution, but the state has appealed

UA 029/18 issued 07/02/2018

Urgent Action: Arbitrary arrests following state of emergency in the Maldives

Five people have been arrested since the Government of Maldives declared a State of Emergency on 5 February 2018

UA 024/18 issued 07/02/2018

Urgent Action: Health fears for detained Hong Kong bookseller in China

Gui Minhai was on a train headed to Beijing to seek formal diagnosis for a neurological condition when he was seized

UA 021/18 issued 01/02/2018

Urgent Action: Bombing near indigenous territory in Chocó, Colombia

Nearby communities are currently forcibly displaced as fear of new operations threaten the population.

UA 022/18 issued 13/01/2018

Urgent Action: At least 14 people killed during a party in Brazil

At least 14 people were shot dead and other nine were injured while enjoying a party in Cajazeiras, on 27th January

UA 020/18 issued 31/01/2018

Urgent Action Update: Turkish medical association leaders detained

Police detained 11 members of the Turkish Medical Association’s Central Council as part of a criminal investigation

1st Update on UA 016/18 issued 30/01/2018

Urgent Action Good News: Peaceful protesters and activists released in Egypt

Human rights activist and former Prisoner of Conscience Mahienour el-Masry and labour activist Moatasem Medhat acquitted

2nd Update on UA 255/17 issued 26/01/2018