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Urgent Action Victory! Court Lifts Ban on Anti-War Protesters (Turkey: UA 66.18)
A Turkish court has lifted travel bans on 30 students facing terrorism-related charges for taking part in a peaceful protest on 19 March. The court rejected the students’ allegations of…
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Urgent Action Victory! Activist Released on Bail After Months in Detention (Bangladesh: UA 146.18)
Shahidul Alam, photographer and outspoken social activist, has been freed on permanent bail after spending more than 100 days behind bars for comments he made in an interview with Al-Jazeera…
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Urgent Action Victory! President Pardons Two Men Sentenced to Death (South Sudan: UA 240.17)
James Gatdet and William Endley received a presidential pardon on 31 October 2018. The president also ordered the immediate deportation of William Endley to his home country, South Africa. They…
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Urgent Action Victory: Palestinian NGO Worker Released (Israel/OPT: UA 226.17)
On 30 September, Salah Hammouri, French-Palestinian lawyer and NGO worker, was released from Ketziot prison in southern Israel. He had spent one year in administrative detention without charge or trial.
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Urgent Action Victory! Indigenous Community Granted Protection (Paraguay: UA 149.18)
Paraguayan authorities have called for an impartial and independent investigation into the attacks against Tekoha Sauce Indigenous leader Amada MartÃnez, and provided physical protection to the community. In addition, the…
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Urgent Action Victory!: Online Activist Released Without Charge (South Sudan: UA 158.18)
Activist Ahmed Al-Dai Bushara Joudah was released without charge from Kober prison on 18 September. He had spent sixty-four days in detention.
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Urgent Action Victory! – Lawyer at Risk Granted Protection Measures (Chile: UA 134.18)
Chilean human rights defender and lawyer Karina Riquelme is no longer considered under imminent threat. The Supreme Court of Justice of Chile ordered protection measures for her on 25 September…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Dalit Rights Activist Released (India: UA 248.17)
Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, a prominent Dalit rights activist, has been released from Saharanpur District Prison on 14 September. He was being held in administrative detention without charge or trial under…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Tajikistani Prisoner of Conscience Released (Tajikistan: UA 139.18)
On 22 August, independent journalist and prisoner of conscience Khairullo (Khayrullo) Mirsaidov received a non-custodial sentence and was released in the courtroom, after spending more than eight months behind bars.…
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Urgent Action Victory! – All 14 Charges Against Political Activist Dropped (Malaysia: UA 238.15)
Khalid Mohd Ismath, former prisoner of conscience, has had all charges against him dropped. Arrested on 13 October 2015 and released on bail later that same month, Khalid Mohd Ismath…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Palestinian NGO Worker Released (Israel/OPT: UA 72.18)
On 17 July, Abdul Razeq Farraj, Finance and Administration Director at the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), a development NGO based in Ramallah in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT),…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Court Overturns Conviction of Three Youth (Angola: UA 115.18)
Afonso S. Muatchipuculo (22), António J. Fernando (18) and Justino H. Valente (21) were released on 17 July. The three youth had been sentenced to seven months in prison by…