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Urgent Action: LAWYER AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER JAILED (Guatemala 84.23
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Urgent Action: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER DETAINED FOR PROTESTING(Argentina: UA 74.23)
Alberto Nallar, a human rights lawyer who took an active role during the protests in Jujuy Province that began on June 15, was released on August 18th, after spending more…
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Urgent Action: ACTIVIST SENTENCED FOLLOWING REFOULEMENT (Algeria 82.23)
On 4 July, a court of appeal in Algiers confirmed the sentencing of Amazigh activist Slimane Bouhafs to three years in prison and a 100,000DA (around USD 734) fine. Slimane…
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Urgent Action: RELEASE JOURNALIST JAILED FOR CRITICAL VIEWS (Burundi: UA 13.23)
On May 2, 2023, the Court of Appeal of Mukaza in Bujumbura, Burundi, upheld the conviction of Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye for “undermining the integrity of the national territory” and…
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Urgent Action: PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE ON HUNGER STRIKE (Bahrain 100.22)
Paragraph Formats Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja (aged 62) has been on a water-only hunger strike since 9 August to protest his continued arbitrary detention and his denial of…
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Urgent Action: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER MUST BE RELEASED (Egypt: UA 80.23)
Since his arrest on September 10, 2017, Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained Ibrahim Metwaly, human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Families of the Disappeared in Egypt group, who was…
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Urgent Action: EXECUTION IMINENT IN TORTURE TAINTED CASE (Vietnam: UA 79.23)
TAKE ACTION: Please take action as-soon-as possible. This Urgent Action expires on November 10th, 2021. Write a letter in your own words or using the sample below as a guide…
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Urgent Action: EGYPTIAN-BRTISH ACTIVIST STILL UNJUSTLY JAILED (Egypt 132.19)
Egyptian-British prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah remains arbitrarily detained in Wadi al-Natrun prison and denied access to consular visits. On July 20th, human rights lawyer Mohamed Baker was released after…
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Urgent Action: 11 BAHA’IS FORCIBLY DISAPPEARED AT GREAT RISK (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: ACADEMIC, CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT, DETAINED (Azerbaijan: UA 77.23)
Gubad Ibadoghlu, a renowned political economist and civil activist, was detained on July 23rd, 2023 on fabricated charges of the production, acquisition, or sale of counterfeit money by an organized…
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Urgent Action: JAILED SON OF POLITICIAN DENIED FAMILY VISITS (Egypt: UA 29.23)
Anas al-Beltagy, who has been denied any contact with his family for six years, continues to be barred from prison visits, following his transfer from the Badr 1 Prison to…
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Urgent Action: CUBA: PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE MAYKEL OSORBO IN DANGER (Cuba: UA 76.23)
Maykel Castillo Pérez, also known as "Maykel Osorbo" is a Cuban musician and prisoner of conscience who has faced constant harassment and arbitrary detentions. On May 18, 2021, state security…