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Urgent Action Victory! Legal Abortion is Closer Than Ever (Argentina: UA 163.20)
In March 2020, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez publicly committed to present a bill to Congress to legalize abortion before the year’s end. On 17 November 2020, he fulfilled this commitment…
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Urgent Action Victory! Charges Against Union Activists Will Not Proceed (Malaysia: UA 93.20)
On 2 October 2020, five activists who were charged for “unauthorized gathering” were granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) by the Ipoh Magistrate. The charges stemmed from the…
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Urgent Action Victory! Shaman Released from Psychiatric Detention (Russian Federation: UA 94.20)
Siberian shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev was released from psychiatric detention on 22 July after his defense team succeeded in their request for a psychological and psychiatric examination on 21 July. Aleksandr…
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Urgent Action Victory! LGBT+ Activist Victoria Biran Released (Belarus: UA 150.20)
On 11 October LGBT+ activist Victoria Biran was released after two weeks in detention. Victoria Biran was detained on her way to the Women’s March in Minsk on 26 September…
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Urgent Action Victory! Detained Activist Gets Medical and Family Access (Cameroon: UA 9.20)
Political activist Serge Branco Nana is currently serving a two-year prison sentence for ‘mutiny’ in Mfou Prison, southern Cameroon, after having been accused of inciting a riot while in pre-trial…
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Urgent Action Victory! Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Released (Palestine: UA 122.20)
Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces, Cuban lawyer, independent journalist and prisoner of conscience, was released from prison on 4 September 2020, after serving his one-year sentence. Although it is good…
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Urgent Action Victory! Pro-Democracy Activist Released (Guinea: UA 64.20)
Oumar Sylla (alias Foniké Mengué), who was in charge of the mobilization efforts of the opposition coalition group, Front for the Defense of the Constitution, was freed from Conakry prison,…
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Urgent Action Victory! Hospital Workers Have Been Paid (Guatemala: UA 95.20)
As of the beginning of August, payment was given to all 46 workers who had been fired from the Industrial Park Temporary Hospital in Guatemala City in June. They all…
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Urgent Action Victory! Incommunicado Detainee Released (Venezuela: UA 81.20)
Maury Carrero, detained arbitrarily in April 2020 by officers of the Directorate for Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) in Caracas, was unconditionally released on 2 September as part of a group of…
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Urgent Action Victory! Charges Dropped and Detainee Released (Venezuela: UA 125.20)
Nicmer Evans, a Venezuelan political scientist and communicator, was unconditionally released on 1 September as part of a group of 110 individuals recently pardoned by Nicolás Maduro. After being arbitrarily…
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Urgent Action Victory! Seven Papuan Activists Released from Prison (Indonesia: UA 100.20)
On 17 June 2020, seven Papuan activists were convicted of treason (makar) and sentenced to between ten and 11 months in prison for their role in an anti-racism demonstration in…
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Urgent Action Victory! Mapuche Spiritual Leader Ends Hunger Strike (Chile: UA 127.20)
On 18 August 2020, the spiritual leader of the Mapuche people in Chile, machi Celestino Córdova Tránsito, decided to end his hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the government,…