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Urgent Action Victory! Opposition Leader Released from Prison (Cuba: UA 134.19)
After being in detention since October 2019, José Daniel Ferrer GarcÃa was sent to house arrest in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on April 2020, after a trial where he was…
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Urgent Action Victory! Teacher and Protest Organizer Released on Bail (Iraq: UA 89.20)
On 30 May 2020, teacher and activist Badal Abdulbaqi Aba Bakr Barwari was released on bail. On 16 May 2020 armed members of local police as well as security forces…
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Urgent Action Victory! Activist Released from Psychiatric Hospital (Azerbaijan: UA 104.20)
Opposition activist Agil Humbatov was released from a psychiatric hospital in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, on 1 July. He was forcibly placed there on 2 April after he criticized the authorities’…
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Urgent Action Victory! Female Activist Released After Incommunicado Detention (China: UA 28.20)
Li Qiaochu, an active defender of the rights of women and workers, has been released on bail and returned home on 19 June 2020. Detained incommunicado since 16 February 2020,…
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Urgent Action Victory! Defender Receives Additional Protection (Mexico: UA 58.20)
Since we took action for Clemencia Adelaida Salas Salazar, women’s rights defender in Yucatán (South), she has not faced further attacks. In May 2020, the Mexican Protection Mechanism for Human…
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Urgent Action Victory! Attacks Against Indigenous Communities Investigated (Colombia: UA 70.20)
On 27 May, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Villavicencio (Central Colombia) sent four people from its Technical Investigation Body to the ASEINPOME community to investigate the threats the community has…
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Urgent Action Victory! Asylum-Seekers Allowed to Disembark (Malta: UA 87.20)
Maltese authorities finally allowed the disembarkment of all asylum-seekers held on four ferry boats off Malta’s territorial waters in the night of 6-7 June. The approximately 425 asylum-seekers had been…
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Urgent Action Victory! Two Bahrainis Released After 8 Years in Jail (Bahrain: UA 236.12)
On 23 May 2020, Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad was released from Jaw prison. His co-defendant in the case, Jehad Sadeq Aziz Salman, was released earlier on 18 March 2020. The…
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Urgent Action Victory! Journalist Awaits Dismissal of Arbitrary Charges (Venezuela: UA 37.20)
Darvinson Rojas is a Venezuelan journalist and prisoner of conscience. He was arbitrarily detained for reporting on COVID-19 and conditionally released on 2 April 2020. To date, the politically motivated…
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Urgent Action Victory! Supporters of Former Child Soldier Released Early (Myanmar: UA 30.20)
Nay Zar Tun, Khin Cho Naing, and Myint Zaw have been released from prison early due to sentence reductions. Sentenced to between 12 and 18 months, they were in prison…