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Urgent Action Victory! Social Media Activist Released From Prison (Maldives: UA 70.17)
Maldivian social media activist Thayyib Shaheem was released on 17 April after spending almost one month on remand in Dhoonidhoo island prison. He was accused of “spreading panic” on social…
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Urgent Action Victory! Community Leader Freed After Charges Dropped (Togo: UA 104.17)
Salomée T. Abalodo, farmer and community leader, has been released after the Tribunal of Pagouda (Kara, northern region of Togo) dropped all charges against her.
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Urgent Action Victory! Pastor, Missionary And Activist Released (Sudan: UA 260.16)
Petr Jezek, Hassan A. Kodi and Abdulmonem Abdumawla have been released after a presidential pardon. Petr Jezek had been sentenced to life imprisonment, while the other two had been sentenced…
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Urgent Action Victory! Pastor, Missionary And Activist Released (Sudan: UA 260.6)
Petr Jezek, Hassan A. Kodi and Abdulmonem Abdumawla have been released after a presidential pardon. Petr Jezek had been sentenced to life imprisonment, while the other two had been sentenced…
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Urgent Action Victory! Opposition Activists Released Without Charge (Sudan: UA 75.17)
Three political opposition activists, Mohamed Hassan El Bushi, Amin Saad and Motaz Al Ajail, were released without charge on 25 and 30 April. The three had been detained without charge…
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Urgent Action Victory! Pro-Biafran Activist Released (Nigeria: UA 198.16)
Sunday Chucks Obasi (30) who was abducted from his home in Amuko Nnewi Anambra State on 16 August 2016 by Nigerian security agents has been released on bail.
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Urgent Action Victory! Iranian Filmmaker Keywan Karimi Released (Iran: UA 19.16)
Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi was released from Tehran’s Evin prison on 19 April 2017. He had been imprisoned since 23 November 2016. Keywan Karimi was a prisoner of conscience.
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Urgent Action Victory! General Law On Torture Improved And Passed (Mexico: UA 11.17)
On 19 April the lower house of Mexican congress approved their version of the General Law on Torture and sent it back to the Senate for final approval before it…
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Urgent Action Victory! Court Blocks Execution And Remands For Hearing (USA: UA 67.17)
The Arkansas Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution for Stacey Johnson, who was due to be put to death in Arkansas on 20 April for a murder committed…
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Urgent Action Victory! Virginia Governor Commutes Death Sentence (USA: UA 55.17)
On 20 April, the Governor of Virginia commuted the death sentence of Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national who was scheduled to be executed on 25 April and who has continued…