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Urgent Action Victory! – Eleven People Freed After More than a Week in Jail (Ethiopia: UA 23.18)
Eleven people including a lawyer, journalists, bloggers, opposition members and academics were released on 5 April without being charged. The 11 had been arrested by Ethiopian security forces while attending…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Indigenous Defender No Longer Under Threat (Ecuador: UA 8.18)
Indigenous defender Patricia Gualinga is no longer considered under imminent threat. No new security incidents or threats against her have occurred since the 5 January attack at her home. She…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Indigenous Peoples Advocate Released on Bail (India: UA 49.18)
Upendra Nayak, a 65-year-old lawyer, was granted bail and released from custody on 23 March 2018. Charged with several offences, including ‘sedition’ and ‘waging war against the government of India’,…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Alabama Ends Pursuit of 2nd Execution Attempt (UA: UA 29.18)
An agreement signed on 27 March means that Alabama will not pursue another death warrant for Doyle Hamm, whose execution on 22 February was called off after the lethal injection…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Ohio Governor Commutes Death Sentence (USA: UA 47.18)
On 26 March the Governor of Ohio granted clemency to William Montgomery, who was scheduled to be executed on 11 April. The governor has commuted the death sentence to life…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Family Seeking Asylum From Detention (USA: UA 53.18)
Asylum seekers 15-year-old Astrid and her father Arturo were released from immigration detention at the Berks County Residential Center on 23 March after the successful petition by their lawyers to…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Activist Released and Given Deportation Reprieve (Russian Federation: UA 61.17)
On 15 February, Ali Feruz was released and arrived in Germany a few hours later. The release came after the Supreme Court’s decision on 25 January to uphold the activist’s…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Forcibly Returned Woman No Longer at Risk (North Korea: UA 253.17)
Detained since 3 December 2017 in North Korea for leaving the country without legal permits, Koo Jeong-hwa’s family reports that she is no longer at risk of being sent to…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Kashmiri Photojournalist Released on Bail (India: UA 43.18)
Kamran Yousuf was granted bail and released from prison on 14 March 2018, following six months of pre-trial detention. He has been charged with several criminal offences including ‘waging war…
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Urgent Action Victory! – 35 Ill and Injured Evacuated from Eastern Ghouta (Syria: UA 275.17)
A further 35 patients awaiting medical evacuation in besieged Eastern Ghouta have been evacuated to Damascus city for medical treatment and care. 496 patients are still awaiting evacuation. They require…