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Urgent Action Victory! Detained Kashmiri Human Rights Defender Released (India: UA 215/16)
Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, was released from administrative detention on 30 November, five days after a court ruled his detention under the Jammu and Kashmir Public…
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Good News! – Alternative Housing Provided For Ten Families (Mongolia: UA 77/16)
Ten families from Building #3 in Ulaanbaatar (UB), previously facing homelessness during this severe winter, have been provided with alternative housing. The Building is now empty of inhabitants.
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Good News! – Youth Activist Released A Week Early (Angola: UA 164/16)
Francisco Mapanda (also known as Dago Nível Intelecto) was released from Comarca de Caquila prison on 21 November, seven days earlier than when he was due to be released. The…
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Good News! – Charges Dropped, Ebrahim Sharif Remains Free (Bahrain: UA 168/15)
Bahraini political activist Ebrahim Sharif’s one year prison sentence was upheld on 7 November by the Appeal Court. He remains free having already completed one year in prison on 11…
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Good News! – Student Held For Facebook Posts Out On Bail (Bangladesh: UA 201/16)
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been granted bail after spending more than two months in jail without charge in Rajshahi in Bangladesh. He was arrested in August for…
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Good News! – Prisoner Of Conscience Received Medical Care (Venezuela: 20/16)
Venezuelan Prisoner of Conscience Rosmit Mantilla was finally given the urgent medical attention he needed.
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Good News! – 267 Homes Face No Further Threat of Evictions (Nigeria: UA 189/15)
The Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KASUPDA) has not effected 21 day demolition notices issued on 12 August 2015 to 267 houses in communities in Zaria City, including…
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Good News! – Homa Hoodfar Freed After Global Campaign (Iran: UA 137/16)
Canadian-Irish-Iranian citizen Dr Homa Hoodfar, a prominent professor of anthropology, was released on 26 September and flown out of Iran to Oman. She had been detained in solitary confinement in…
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Good News! – Cambodian Housing Rights Defender Released (Cambodia: UA 175/16)
Two Cambodian housing rights defenders were tried and convicted on 22 August for “insult of a public official”. While Bov Sophea has been released, Tep Vanny remains in detention, serving…
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Good News! – Ahmed Abdullah Released On Bail (Egypt: 9/16)
Prisoner of conscience Ahmed Abdullah was released on bail on 10 September after spending over four months in detention without trial.