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Urgent Action Victory! Early Release for Prisoner of Conscience (Viet Nam: UA 155.18)
Human rights defender Tran Thi Nga has been unexpectedly released after having served three years in prison. Sentenced to nine years imprisonment in 2017 for conducting propaganda against the state”,…
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Urgent Action Victory! Nafosat Olloshkurova Released (Uzbekistan: UA 139.19)
Uzbekistani blogger and human rights defender Nafosat Olloshkurova was released from a psychiatric institution on 28 December. She was violently detained by police on 23 September 2019 while monitoring and…
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Urgent Action Victory! Rio Blanco Land Defenders’ Protection Extended (Honduras: UA 64.19)
Members of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) reviewed and agreed on new protection measures with the Honduran government, including for Rosalina Dominguez, member of…
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Urgent Action Victory! Prime Minister Rolls Out Plan to Tackle Smog Crisis (Pakistan: UA 153.19)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan held a press conference on 30 November solely to address the smog crisis that gripped Punjab during 2019. Accepting that smog was a “silent killer”,…
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Urgent Action Victory! Activists Arrested for Protesting Released (Guinea: UA 165.19)
Five pro-democracy activists, Alseny Farinta Camara, Moussa Sanoh, Boubacar Diallo, Thierno Seydi Ly and Thierno Oumar Barry, were released on 19 December 2019 in Kindia, western Guinea. Charged with participation…
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Urgent Action Victory! Bill Restricting Abortion Rights Rejected (Slovakia: UA 167.19)
The Slovak Parliament rejected a bill aimed at obstructing access to safe and legal abortion. If adopted, this bill would have undermined women’s privacy and autonomy and subjected them to…
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Urgent Action Victory! Representative’s Trial Started (Venezuela: UA 160.19)
The trial against Juan Requesens, Venezuelan Representative in the National Assembly who has been in pre-trial detention since his arbitrary detention on 7 August 2018, finally began on 2 December…
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Urgent Action Victory! Disappeared Qatari Father and Son Released (Saudi Arabia: UA 114.19)
On 1 November 2019, the Saudi authorities released two Qatari citizens, Ali Nasser Ali Jarallah (70) and his son Abdulhadi Ali Nasser Ali Jarallah (17), who then returned home to…
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Urgent Action Victory! Police Protect Transgender Rights March (Ukraine: UA 157.19)
On 23 November, adequate police protection enabled up to one hundred transgender rights activists in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, to hold the 2019 Trans March and mark Transgender Day of Remembrance.…
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Urgent Action Victory! University Lecturer Released (Ethiopia: UA 123.19)
University lecturer Firew Bekele was released on 19 November, after spending three months in detention for his alleged role in writing and publishing a book "the Hijacked Revolution". He was…
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Urgent Action Victory! Hajar Raissouni Released (Morocco: UA 121.19)
On 16 October 2019, following a royal pardon, Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé, and the doctor were released from prison after being sentenced to one year in prison for trumped-up charges…
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Urgent Action Victory! Execution Halted for Man with Innocence Claims (USA: UA 146.19)
On 15 November, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Rodney Reed and ordered the original trial court to consider new evidence in his case. The Texas…