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Urgent Action: FOUR KURDISH MEN AT GRAVE RISK OF EXECUTION (Iran 19.22)
Share: On This Page Anwar Khezri, Farhad Salimi, Kamran Sheikheh and Khosrow Basharat, all from Iran’s Kurdish Sunni minority, are at grave risk of execution in Ghezel Hesar prison, Alborz…
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Urgent Action: POLITICIAN’S SON UNJUSTLY JAILED FOR A DECADE (Egypt 29.23)
Anas al-Beltagy has been arbitrarily detained for over a decade solely due to his family affiliation. Since his arrest in December 2013, the Egyptian authorities have subjected him to a…
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Urgent Action: VENEZUELAN DETAINEES NEED IMMEDIATE CARE (Venezuela 96.23)
On December 20, 2023, Guillermo Zárraga was conditionally released after over three years of arbitrary detention in Venezuela. Three other victims of arbitrary detention continue suffering the authorities’ neglect of…
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Urgent Action: FACING IMMINENT PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTION (Iran 64.23)
Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the September-December 2022 popular uprising. On December 24, his family learned that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court…
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Urgent Action: MAN AT GRAVE RISK OF PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTION IN IRAN (Iran 107.23)
Iranian Kurdish man Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the September-December 2022 nationwide protests. On December 16, 2023, his conviction and death sentence for…
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Urgent Action: RISK OF PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTIONS AMID KILLING SPREE (Iran 103.22)
At least five individuals in Iran are under sentence of death in connection with the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising of 2022, while at least 15 others are at risk of…
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Urgent Action: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN NEW MASS TRIAL (UAE 120.23)
Human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience Ahmed Mansoor, Mohammed al-Roken, and Nasser bin Ghaith are among 87 Emirati men being prosecuted in a new case on trumped up terrorism-related…
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Urgent Action: TIKTOKER JAILED FOR CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT (Angola 117.23)
On August 13, Angolan TikToker, Ana da Silva Miguel (also known as Neth Nahara) was arrested in Luanda, capital city of Angola. On August 14, she was convicted to 6…
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Urgent Action: ARBITRARILY DETAINED BAHA’IS MUST BE RELEASED (Yemen 60.23)
On May 25, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen, arbitrarily detaining 17 members of the Baha’i community. Since then, 11 individuals have been released…
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Urgent Action: 4 ACTIVISTS SENTENCED FOR SOLIDARITY PROTEST (Angola 115.23)
On September 16, four activists- Adolfo Campos, Abraão Pedro Santos, Gilson Morreira, and Hermenegildo Victor José - were arrested hours before taking part in a demonstration in solidarity with motorcycle…