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Urgent Action update: Human Rights Defender's sentence upheld

Bahraini Court of Appeal upheld the 2 year prison sentence against human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.

19th update on UA 249/14 issued on 08/12/2017

Urgent Action: Bahamian man at risk after detention

Bahamian man's whereabouts unknown after being detained by immigration authorities for over three months.

UA 265/17 issues 07/12/2017

Urgent Action: Bedouin community at risk of explusion

The Israeli army has issued an expulsion order which will forcibly evict 58 Palestinian Bedouin families in the area of J

UA 267/17 issued 07/12/2017

Urgent Action good news: Human rights defender aquitted of all charges

Pastor Evan Mawarire was acquitted of the charge of ‘subversion of constitutional elected government’ on 29 November.

5th update on UA 169/16 issued on 6/12/2017

Urgent Action: Pakistani Activist's whereabouts unknown

Raza Khan, a Pakistani peace activist, has not been seen or heard from since 2 December

UA 269/17 issued 07/12/2017

Urgent Action: Former journalists charged with espionage

Two former journalists for US-based Radio Free Asia in Cambodia were detained on trumped-up charges of espionage

UA 266/17 issued 07/12/2017

Urgent Action: Violent repression following elections

At least 13 people have reportedly been killed, scores of people detained and others injured

UA 264/17 issued 06/12/2017

Urgent Action Update: Former POC feared to be in detention again

The whereabouts of Human Rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng remains a mystery after he has been missing for over three months.

1st Update on UA 212/17 issued 06/12/2017

Urgent Action: Leader of peace community threatened

Paramilitary groups continue incursions and threats against the people of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó

UA 263/17 issued 05/12/2017