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Urgent Action Victory! Killing of Samir Flores Under Investigation (Mexico: UA 24.19)
The Attorney General of the State of Morelos has opened a criminal investigation into the killing of environmental, land and territory human rights defender Samir Flores Soberanes. Mexico’s National Protection…
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Urgent Action Victory! Detainees No Longer In Police Custody (Turkey: UA 74.19)
All detainees held at the police’s anti-terrorism branch in Urfa province, south eastern Turkey, following clashes between security forces and the armed PKK on 18 May, have been either released…
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Urgent Action Victory! Human Rights Defender Released (Morocco: UA 76.18)
On 5 April 2019, human rights defender Zine El Abidine Erradi was released after serving a one-year sentence in Agadir local prison, following an unfair trial. Zine El Abidine holds…
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Urgent Action Victory! Asia Bibi Leaves Pakistan for Canada a Free Woman (Pakistan: UA 192.18)
Asia Bibi is a Christian farm worker, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2010. After an eight-year ordeal, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted her of all charges and released…
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Urgent Action Victory! Prisoner of Conscience Released (Algeria: UA 117.18)
On 7 March 2019, Algerian blogger and prisoner of conscience Merzoug Touati was released. On 4 March 2019, an Algerian court issued a new verdict reducing Marzoug Touati’s sentence from…
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Urgent Action Victory! Reuters Journalists Released in Prisoner Amnesty (Myanmar: UA 4.18)
Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, have been granted a presidential pardon and released from prison after serving more than 500 days of their seven year sentences…
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Urgent Action Victory! Activist Released After Being Rearrested (Azerbaijan: UA 42.19)
Azerbaijani activist Bayram Mammadov was released on 29 April after having spent 30 days in administrative detention under trumped-up accusations.
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Urgent Action Victory! Mikhail Tsakunov Released, Trial Ongoing (Russian Federation: UA 90.18)
Prisoner of conscience Mikhail Tsakunov was released under travel restrictions on 26 April after spending almost a year in pre-trial detention. He was arrested in May 2018 and charged with…
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Urgent Action Victory! Anti-Military Peaceful Protester Released Early (Myanmar: UA 188.18)
Activist Tin Maung Kyi was released 13 days early on 29 March 2019 after serving six months and two days in prison. He was imprisoned for staging a solo protest…
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Urgent Action Victory! Arbitrarily Detained Egyptian Activist Released (Egypt: UA 176.18)
On 26 March 2019, Egyptian activist Islam Khalil was released on probation after more than a year in arbitrary detention. A judge in the terrorism circuit of the Cairo Criminal…
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Urgent Action Victory! Police Protects Women’s Day Rally (Ukraine: UA 31.19)
The International Women’s Day rally organised by human rights defender Vitalina Koval in Uzhgorod, western Ukraine, on 8 March was a success. Participants were well protected by the police and…
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Urgent Action Victory! Mexican Congress Approved Security Reform (Mexico: UA 212.18)
On 28 February, Mexican Congress approved a controversial Constitutional amendment to introduce a “National Guard” in Mexico. The bill originally proposed was substantially changed after heavy criticism by human rights…