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Urgent Action: Chinese activist in danger after 'suicide attempt'
Detained activist Xing Wangli is in a critical condition with severe injuries to his head and lungs after what authorities claim was a failed suicide attempt.
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Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Mir Quasem Ali, a senior member of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 3 September. The Supreme Court rejected his review petition on 30 August and he did not seek clemency from the President.
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Urgent Action good news: Omani prisoner of conscience released
Omani prisoner of conscience Saeed Jaddad was released from prison on 26 August, having served nine months of a one-year prison sentence under Oman’s cybercrimes law for a blog he wrote in October 2014.
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Urgent Action update: Omid Kokabee granted conditional release in Iran
Iranian physicist Omid Kokabee, who was on medical leave following his surgery for advanced kidney cancer, has been granted conditional release.
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Urgent Action: Detained pastor on hunger strike since 8 August in Vietnam
Pastor Nguyễn Công Chính is a Vietnamese prisoner of conscience serving an 11-year sentence. He has been on hunger strike since 8 August in protest at abusive treatment, denial of rights and lack of response to complaints by officials. He is in poor health.
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Urgent Action update: Thirteen anti-slavery activists convicted in Mauritania
13 Mauritanian anti-slavery activists who are members of the anti-slavery organization Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA) have been sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison.
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Urgent Action good news: Egyptian human rights defender Malek Adly released
Human rights defender Malek Adly has been released on 28 August after he spent 115 days in detention. The court did not set bail as a condition of his release but required him to specify a place of residence as he faces an ongoing criminal investigation.
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Urgent Action: Opposition leader faces imminent execution in Bangladesh
The Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal of Mir Quasem Ali and upheld his death sentence. The only remaining avenue available to him is to seek clemency from the President.
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Urgent Action: Student activist arrested for facebook posts in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been arrested in Rajshahi in Bangladesh after making two Facebook posts criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Urgent Action update: Health concern for British-Algerian journalist in Algeria
British-Algerian freelance journalist Mohamed Tamalt is currently in intensive care. He fell into a coma over a week ago.