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Activity Pack: Football Welcomes Refugees

Activity Pack: Football Welcomes Refugees

Urgent Action update: Detained religious leader denied family visits in Sudan

Matar Hussein, a visually impaired religious teacher, has been transferred from Kober Prison to a detention centre.

1st update on UA 70/18 issued 12/06/2018

Urgent Action: Indigenous people threatened and displaced in Colombia

Over 200 indigenous Nasa Embera Chamí are currently displaced following an armed attack to a member of their community.

UA 112/18 issued 11/06/2018

Urgent Action: Environmental activist imprisoned in Cuba

Dr Ariel Ruiz Urquiola, an environmental activist, was sentenced in Cuba to one-year imprisonment for contempt.

UA 109/18 issued 11/06/2018

Urgent Action: Grave health concerns for detainee with cirrhosis in Moldova

Moldovan businessman Serghei Cosovan is unable to access essential health care in pre-trial detention for his cirrhosis.

UA 111/18 issued 11/06/2018

Urgent Action: Free trans asylum seeker from detention in USA

Alejandra fled attacks and extortion based on her transgender identity in El Salvador and requested asylum in the US.

UA 108/18 issued 08/06/2018

Urgent Action update: Turkish university students released but allege torture

14 Boğaziçi University students were released. Their allegations of torture and other ill-treatment must be investigated.

2nd update on UA 66/18 issued 08/06/2018

Urgent Action good news: Palestinian prisoner of conscience released

On 6 June, Palestinian activist and human rights defender, Munther Amira was released from Hadarim Prison in Israel.

2nd update on UA 26/18 issued 08/06/2018

Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's prison sentence upheld on appeal in Bahrain

Prominent human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab had his five-year prison sentence upheld.

21 update on UA 249/14 issued 08/06/2018

Urgent Action update: Family of prisoner of conscience in Cuba denied visits

Cuban authorities have suspended family visiting rights of human rights defender, Dr Eduardo Cardet, for six months.

4th update on UA 32/17 issued 07/06/2018