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UA update: Activists reunite with families; one still missing in Pakistan
Human rights activists Salman Haider, Waqas Goraya, Asim Saeed, and Ahmed Raza Naseer returned home between 27 – 29th January after being subjected to a suspected enforced disappearance in early January by security forces in Pakistan.
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Urgent Action: Iranian academic could be sentenced to death
Iranian academic specializing in disaster medicine Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, a resident of Sweden detained in Iran since 25 April 2016, has been threatened with the death penalty.
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Urgent Action: Refugee criminally charged for seeking asylum in Papua New Guinea
Loghman Sawari, an Iranian refugee, faces criminal charges in Papua New Guinea for allegedly using false information to obtain a passport to seek asylum in Fiji.
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Urgent Action update: Opposition member facing new charges in Congo
Additional charges were brought against Paulin Makaya on 6 January in connection with a shooting at the central prison of Brazzaville on 29 December 2016, while six of his acquaintances were visiting.
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Urgent Action: Prisoners of conscience could face life in prison in Indonesia
Four Papuan political activists have been detained since 19 December 2016 in Manado, North Sulawesi Province for “rebellion” (makar).
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Urgent Action update: Paramilitary build-up in peace community in Colombia
Residents in several hamlets in or near the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in north-western Colombia continue to report the presence of paramilitaries.
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Urgent Action update: Zimbabwe human rights defender re-arrested
Pastor Evan Mawarire, a human rights defender and leader of the #ThisFlag movement in Zimbabwe, was arrested again on 1 February on arrival at Harare International Airport.
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Urgent Action good news: Children released from unlawful detention in India
Rayees Ahmad Mir and Waheed Ahmed Gojree have been released after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed their detention orders on 6 and 31 December 2016 respectively.
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Urgent Action: Increasing smear campaign against defenders in Honduras
International organization Global Witness, along with Honduran organizations MILPAH, COPINH and CEHPRODEC are facing a smear campaign against them for their work defending land, territory and environmental rights in the country.
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Urgent Action: Detainee held incommunicado in Venezuela
Retired general Raúl Isaías Baduel is currently in detention and has had no contact with his lawyers or family since 22 January.