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Urgent Action Victory! Stay Of Execution For Bruce Ward In Arkansas (USA: UA 66.17)
Bruce Ward, who was due to be put to death on 17 April in Arkansas, received a stay of execution. His lawyers maintain that his mental disability deprives him of…
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Urgent Action Victory! Stay Of Execution For Don Davis In Arkansas (USA: UA 64.17)
The execution of Don Davis, scheduled for 17 April in Arkansas, did not go ahead. Minutes before midnight, when the death warrant was set to expire, the US Supreme Court…
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Urgent Action Victory! Texas Appeal Court Blocks Execution (USA: UA 72.17)
On 7 April, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution in the case of Paul Storey, who was scheduled to be put to death on 12…
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Urgent Action Victory! Supreme Court Of Tucuman Acquits Belén (Argentina: UA 95.16)
On 27 March, the Supreme Court of Tucuman Province,northern Argentina, unanimously decided to acquit Belén, the 27-year-old young woman who had been sentenced to eight years of prison after suffering…
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Urgent Action Victory! Activist Dr. Ali Esa Mansoor Al-Ekri Released (Bahrain: UA 296.11)
Dr. Ali Esa Mansoor al-Ekri, a Bahraini consultant surgeon and activist, has been released after completing his five-year prison sentence. He was a prisoner of conscience.
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Urgent Action Victory! Fifth And Final Activist In Abdeen Case Released (Egypt: UA 294/15)
Gamila Seryel-Dain, the last jailed activist from the group of five activists sentenced in the ‘Abdeen case’ to two years in prison for violating Egypt’s repressive 2013 protest law, was…
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Urgent Action Victory! Okinawa Activist Released On Bail After Five Months (Japan: UA 23/17)
Hiroji Yamashiro, 64 years of age, has been released on bail after five months in detention without being able to see his family. Arrested for his role in protests against…
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Urgent Action Victory! Palestinian Journalist To Be Released In April (Israel/OPT: UA 48/17)
Palestinian journalist Muhammed al-Qiq suspended his hunger strike on 10 March 2017 after he learned that the Israeli authorities were not renewing his administrative detention order. He is expected to…
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Urgent Action Victory! Former Governor Released Without Charge (South Sudan: UA 224/16)
Elias Waya Nyipuoch, former governor of Wau state, was released without charge on 14 March. He had been detained by the South Sudanese military since 26 June 2016.
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Urgent Action Victory! Detained Journalist Released On Bail (India: UA 224/15)
Santosh Yadav was released from prison on 9 March 2017, over a week after the Supreme Court of India granted him bail. Detained since September 2015, it is believed that…