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Urgent Action: Texas execution set for shootings at age 18
Clinton Young is due to be executed in Texas on 26 October.
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Urgent Action: Egypt must stop homophobic persecution
The Egyptian authorities have detained at least 57 people for their perceived sexual orientation.
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Urgent Action good news: Sudanese activist released without charged
Elgassim Ahmed has been released from the custody of the National Intelligence and Security Service without charge.
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Urgent Action: NGO worker in Israel in administrative detention
French-Palestinian NGO worker Salah Hammouri has been issued a six-month administrative detention order.
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Urgent Action update: Whereabouts of detained Chechen unknown in Russia
Imran Salamov was forcibly returned from Belarus to Russia on 5 September, his exact whereabouts unknown.
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Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabian human rights defender imprisoned
Saudi Arabian human rights defender Abdulaziz al-Shubaily was arrested to begin serving an eight-year prison sentence.
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Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabia executes man after unfair trial
Saudi Arabia executed Said Mabkhout al-Sai’ari on 13 September.
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Urgent Action: Adequate relief and reconstruction needed in Mexico
A devastating earthquake hit Mexico on 19 September. Hundreds of people have died, thousands have been made homeless.
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Urgent Action good news: Court blocks execution, decision awaited in USA
The US Supreme Court prevented the State of Georgia from executing Keith Tharpe on 26 September.