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Urgent Action: JAILED EGYPTIAN PHYSICIAN MUST BE RELEASED (Saudi Arabia: UA 71.23)
On May 23, the Supreme Court in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, upheld the 10-year prison sentence of Egyptian national and physician Dr. Sabri Shalaby. The Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced…
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Urgent Action: 16 BAHA’IS FORCIBLY DISAPPEARED IN YEMEN (Yemen: UA 60.23)
On May 25th 2023, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen. They detained and forcibly disappeared 17 individuals, among them five women. One individual has…
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Urgent Action: POLITICAL ACTIVISTS UNJUSTLY DETAINED (Tunisia: UA 52.23)
POLITICAL ACTIVISTS UNJUSTLY DETAINED Since February 2023, Tunisian authorities have opened criminal investigations against at least 21 people including political opposition activists, lawyers, and businessmen on unfounded accusations of conspiracy.…
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Elections 2020
On November 03, 2020, the United States held national elections. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate,…
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Urgent Action: FREE JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IMMEDIATELY (Algeria: UA 37.23)
On 2 April, the tribunal of Sidi M'hamed in Algiers convicted prominent Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi to five years in prison, of which two suspended, a fine of 700,000…
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At Border, Humanitarian Delegation Witnesses an End of Title 42 Without Chaos and Cruelty of New Asylum Ban
A delegation bore witness to Title 42 and the implementation of number of punitive policies along the border, including a new asylum ban.Â
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Urgent Action: RELEASE JOURNALIST JAILED FOR CRITICAL VIEWS (UA: 13.23 Burundi)
On 30 March, the Court of Appeal of Mukaza in Bujumbura, Burundi held a hearing session on the case of Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye. She had appealed the 2 January…
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Urgent Action: FREE JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS (Algeria: UA 37.23)
On 2 April, the tribunal of Sidi M'hamed in Algiers convicted prominent Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi to five years in prison, of which two suspended, a fine of 700,000…
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Urgent Action: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MUST BE RELEASED (Democratic Republic of Congo: UA 31.23)
King Mwamisyo and Elias Bizimungu are two activists with the citizens’ movement, LUCHA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They were arrested in April and September 2022, respectively, on…
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Billie Allen
On Federal Death Row Since 1998, Seeking Justice Billie Jerome Allen has been on federal death row for well over half his life. Now 45, he was 19 at the…
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Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Rally in D.C., Demand the Biden Administration Not Ban Asylum or Lock Up Families
President Biden promised to restore asylum and end family detention. We, and the many people who gathered at the Washington Monument and virtually today, shouldn’t have to hold his feet…
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Urgent Action Update: DETAINED MPS MUST BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY (Eswatini: UA 113.21)
Members of Eswatini Parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube have been arbitrarily detained since 25 July 2021 on trumped-up charges, including those under the Suppression of Terrorism Act. While…