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Saudi Arabia: Release Prisoner of Conscience/Journalist Alaa Brinji (UA 63/16)
Saudi Arabian journalist Alaa Brinji has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh after being convicted for posts on Twitter. He has…
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Georgia: Protect Rights of LGBTI People (UA 61/16)
The bill which would amend the Constitution introducing a definition of marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman, received the endorsement of the Parliament’s Human…
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Sudan: Inform Members of TRACKS of the Reasons for Their Arrest (UA 58/16)
Staff members, trainers, a volunteer and visitors of the training centre TRACKS for Training and Human Development had to report daily to the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS)…
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Honduras: Investigate the Killing of Human Rights Defender Nelson GarcÃa (UA 60/16)
Nelson García, 38, active member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organisations of Honduras (COPINH) was killed on 15 March in Rio Lindo (West).
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Malaysia: Protect Detainees from Torture (UA 59/16)
At least 13 detainees, arrested under the Security Offences Act, have reported torture or other ill-treatment by the authorities and sexual harassment of their family members. 1) Please…
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Venezuela: Establish Whereabouts of Remaining Miners (UA 53/16)
The bodies of seventeen informal gold miners reported as missing were found by the authorities.
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Iran: Release Saeed Hosseinzadeh (UA 56/16)
Civil society activist and prisoner of conscience Saeed Hosseinzadeh was forced to interrupt his treatment and return to Tehran’s Evin Prison on 11 July after the Office of the…
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Azerbaijan: Provide Medical Treatment for Human Rights Defender (UA 55/16)
The health of imprisoned Azerbaijani human rights defender Taleh Khasmammadov has continued to progressively deteriorate. He is not receiving adequate medical care in the prison’s hospital.
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Cameroon: Drop All Charges Against Three Journalists (UA 52/16)
Cameroonian journalists Baba Wame, Felix Ebole Bola and Rodrigue Tongue are on trial for ‘non-denunciation’ of information and sources at the Military Tribunal of Yaoundé, Cameroon for upholding journalism…
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Malawi: Investigate the Killing of Teenage Boy with Albinism (UA 51/16)
A teenage boy with albinism from Malawi who went missing on 24 April has been found dead in Mozambique with his hands and feet chopped off.