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Urgent Action: Mother deported, children left behind

Vanessa Gómez Cueva, a Peruvian citizen with residence status in Argentina for over 15 years, was deported.

UA 39/19 issued 26/03/2019

Urgent Action good news: Police protects women’s day rally

The International Women’s Day rally organised by human rights defender Vitalina Koval in Uzhgorod was a success.

1st update on UA 31/19 issued 15/03/2019

Urgent Action outcome: Chechen human rights defender jailed

The Shali City Court sentenced Oyub Titiev to four years in penal colony under fabricated drug-related charges.

5th update on UA 5/18 issued 20/03/2019

Urgent Action update: Two Jehovah’s witnesses still detained

Artur Severinchik was released from detention on 15 March following the Khanty-Mansiisk Regional Court’s decision.

1st update on UA 29/19 issued 22/03/2019

Urgent Action: Protect rights of juvenile prisoners

Emil Astrauko and Vasily Sauchanka are held in juvenile prison in Belarus in conditions which violate their human rights.

UA 36/19 issued 21/03/2019

Urgent Action outcome: “National security” trials end in life sentences

Oman sentenced six defendants to life imprisonment after grossly unfair trials.

2nd update on UA 121/18 issued 12/03/2019

Urgent Action outcome: Mexican congress approved security reform

Mexican Congress approved a controversial Constitutional amendment to introduce a “National Guard” in Mexico.

1st update on UA 212/18 issued 08/03/2019

Urgent Action outcome: Death sentences commuted to life imprisonment

Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on two death sentences.

8th update on UA 91/16 issued 07/03/2019

Urgent Action update: Detained Uighur has nervous breakdown

Hankezi Zikeli detained in a “transformation-through-education” centre, believed to have suffered a nervous breakdown.

1st update on UA 46/18 issued 20/03/2019

Urgent Action outcome: Mexican congress boosts arbitrary detentions

Mexican Congress passed a Constitutional amendment that force judges to order pre-trial detention in several cases.

1st update on UA 202/28 issued 07/03/2019