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Urgent Action Update: Abuse of jailed activist must stop

Imprisoned labour rights activist Sepideh Gholian and her family are suffering abuse and harassment from authorities.

Second update on UA: 11/19 (updated on 12/11/19)

Urgent Action: Human rights defender and blogger detained

Uzbekistani blogger and human rights defender Nafosat Olloshkurova was violently detained while monitoring the police.

First UA: 139/19

Urgent Action: Another journalist arrested to silence dissent

A respected journalist who has been critical of the Tanzania's human rights record was taken without explanation.

First UA: 127/19

Urgent Actions Update: Medical doctor found alive but tortured

It is feared Dr Peter Magombeyi may be falsely charged for “faking an abduction” upon his return to Zimbabwe.

First update on UA: 124/19

Local Group Fundraising Update: October 2019

A local group fundraising update for October 2019 featuring news of fundraising events in Oxford and Cardiff.

Local Group Fundraising Update: October 2019

Urgent Action: Missing human rights defender believed killed

Marie-Claudette Kwizera, a human rights defender, is believed to have been killed after she was abducted by authorities.

First UA: 136/19

Urgent Action Outcome: Tunisian activist acquitted of all charges

A Tunis court acquitted 18-year-old activist, Maissa al-Oueslati of all charges. She faced up to four years in prison.

Outcome UA: 125/19

Urgent Action Update: Over 130 people remain in detention in Nicaragua

A year and a half since the beginning of the crisis in Nicaragua, at least 130 people continue to be detained.

Third update on UA: 082/19

Urgent Action update: Young men appealing deplorable sentence

Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Viacheslav Shashmin have been convicted under fabricated “mass disturbances" charges.

Second update on UA: 48/19

Urgent Action: Unlawful deportation of Syrians must stop

Turkish authorities have been deporting Syrian refugees to Syria, in violation of international and domestic law.

Bab al-Salam border crossing between Syria and Turkey