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Urgent Action Victory! – Cartoonist Released After Charges Dropped (Equatorial Guinea: UA 219.17)
Equatorial Guinean cartoonist and activist, Ramón Esono Ebalé was released from Malabo prison of Black Beach on 7 March. Eight days earlier on 27 February, the charge of ‘counterfeiting money’…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Youth Activist Unconditionally Released (Chad: UA 44.18)
Alain Didah Kemba, spokesperson of the Chadian youth movement IYINA, was unconditionally released on 26 February after being presented before the prosecutor. Three days earlier, he had been released from…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Texas Governor Commutes Death Sentence (USA: UA 37.18)
On 22 February, the Governor of Texas commuted the death sentence of Thomas Whitaker hours before he was due to be executed. It was the first such act of clemency…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Prisoner Of Conscience Gets Medical Care (Venezuela: UA 274.17)
Prisoner of conscience Villca Fernández finally received medical care after having been denied urgently needed medical treatment since June 2017. Since 26 January 2018, prison authorities have transferred Villca Fernández…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Convicted Environmental Activists Released (Cambodia: UA 279.17)
Two environmental activists and prisoners of conscience, convicted of and sentenced on trumped-up charges based on their peaceful activism, were released after serving five months out of their 1-year prison…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Turkish Medical Association Leaders Released (Turkey: UA 16.18)
All 11 doctors who are members of the Turkish Medical Association’s Central Council, detained on 30 January following the association’s statement calling for an end to Turkey’s military operation in…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Governor Stays Execution After Juror Plea (USA: UA 13.18)
On 8 February, the Ohio Governor issued an eight-month reprieve for Raymond Tibbetts, who was due to be executed on 13 February. The decision came after he received a letter in…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Student in Solitary Confinement Released (Sudan: UA 203.17)
Naser Aldeen Mukhtar Mohamed, the former chairperson of the Darfur Students Association at the Holy Quran University, was released without charge on 28 January. He was arrested on 22 August…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Two Memorial Activists Released on Bail (China: UA 7.18)
Independent writers Li Xuewen and Zhan Huidong (aka “Xiaozhang” or “Headmaster”), detained due to their participation in the July 2017 seaside memorial for late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo,…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Supreme Court Blocks Execution in Alabama (USA: UA 11.18)
The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution in the case of Vernon Madison who was scheduled to be executed in Alabama on the evening of 25 January. The…