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Urgent Action Victory! Mikhail Tsakunov Released, Trial Ongoing (Russian Federation: UA 90.18)
Prisoner of conscience Mikhail Tsakunov was released under travel restrictions on 26 April after spending almost a year in pre-trial detention. He was arrested in May 2018 and charged with…
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Urgent Action Victory! Anti-Military Peaceful Protester Released Early (Myanmar: UA 188.18)
Activist Tin Maung Kyi was released 13 days early on 29 March 2019 after serving six months and two days in prison. He was imprisoned for staging a solo protest…
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Urgent Action Victory! Arbitrarily Detained Egyptian Activist Released (Egypt: UA 176.18)
On 26 March 2019, Egyptian activist Islam Khalil was released on probation after more than a year in arbitrary detention. A judge in the terrorism circuit of the Cairo Criminal…
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Urgent Action Victory! Police Protects Women’s Day Rally (Ukraine: UA 31.19)
The International Women’s Day rally organised by human rights defender Vitalina Koval in Uzhgorod, western Ukraine, on 8 March was a success. Participants were well protected by the police and…
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Urgent Action Victory! Mexican Congress Approved Security Reform (Mexico: UA 212.18)
On 28 February, Mexican Congress approved a controversial Constitutional amendment to introduce a “National Guard” in Mexico. The bill originally proposed was substantially changed after heavy criticism by human rights…
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Urgent Action Victory! Death Sentences Commuted to Life Imprisonment (Egypt: UA 91.16)
On 26 February 2019, Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on the two death sentences of Ahmad Amin Ghazali (pictured below) and Abdul Basir Abdul Rauf.…
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Urgent Action Victory! Poet Acquitted and Released (Somaliland: UA 17.19)
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 February. He had been arrested and detained on 12 January after reciting a poem the previous day in which…
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Urgent Action Victory! Palestinian Lawmaker Released (Israel/OPT: UA 187.17)
On 28 February 2019, Palestinian lawmaker and prominent political figure Khalida Jarrar was released from HaSharon prison in central Israel. She had spent 20 months in administrative detention without charge…
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Urgent Action Victory! Opposition Activist Relased (Tajikistan: UA 25.19)
Opposition leader Sharofiddin Gadoev returned safely to the Netherlands on 2 March. He had been held by the Tajik authorities following his arbitrary arrest in Moscow on 14 February and…
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Urgent Action Victory! New Charges Dropped (Azerbaijan: UA 168.12)
Azerbaijani prominent blogger Mehman Huseynov was released on 2 March following two years of unjust imprisonment on trumped-up charges.