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Urgent Action: VENEZUELAN DETAINEES’ LIFE AT RISK (Venezuela 96.23)
Share: On This Page Emirlendris Benítez is a 42-year-old mother and tradeswoman who was arbitrarily detained in August 2018 and subjected to torture. Guillermo Zárraga is a 59-year-old engineer and…
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Urgent Action: ARTIST SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON (Russia 36.22)
On November 16, 2023 Aleksandra Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years in prison for “disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces”. In March 2022, Aleksandra Skochilenko had replaced…
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Urgent Action: IMPRISONED NURSE MAY FULLY LOSE HEARING (Russia 28.23)
Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist, was abducted by security officers in Russian-occupied Crimea in April 2022 and sentenced to seven years imprisonment following an unfair trial. She…
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Urgent Action: JAILED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE’S HEALTH AT RISK (Iran 105.15)
Iranian authorities have been subjecting arbitrarily detained human rights defender and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi to torture and other ill treatment by deliberately denying or severely delaying…
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Urgent Action: STOP DEPORTING AFGHAN REFUGEES (Pakistan 109.23)
On October 3, 2023, the Pakistani government announced its decision to deport unregistered Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan by November 1. Since November, authorities have deported Afghans and increased the…
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Urgent Action: REFUGEES IN PERU RISK MASS EXPULSIONS (Peru 106.23)
Venezuelan nationals in Peru no longer can apply for temporary protection, which allowed refugees to have a regular migratory status. On November 14, the Peruvian government issued the legislative decree…
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Urgent Action: FULLY OPEN GALATASARAY SQUARE (Turkey 101.23)
On November 11, after over five years of being banned, 10 representatives of Saturday Mothers/People, a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances and other human rights defenders, were…
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Urgent Action: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER IMPRISONED AND MADE TO PAY, FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST (Argentina 74.23)
Alberto Nallar is a human rights lawyer who took an active role during the protests in Jujuy province that began on June 15. He is being criminalized and was deprived…
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Urgent Action: CLIMATE DISPLACED COMMUNITY NEEDS URGENT RELOCATION (Mexico 108.23)
Eighty-four people from the “El Bosque” community, in southern Mexico, were evacuated to Frontera village (12 km far from El Bosque) on November 1, 2023, due to sea level rise…
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Urgent Action: REFUGEES IN PERU FACE IMPOSSIBLE DEADLINE (Peru 106.23)
As of November 10, 2023, Venezuelan nationals in Peru will no longer be able to apply for temporary protection. This status is essential for refugees to have a regular migratory…