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(UA 154/10) More Action Needed - Canada: Omar Khadr Could Face Unfair Trial

An Appeal Court judge has stayed an order requiring Canada to propose remedies for violations suffered by Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who has been in US custody for eight years. Unless the US authorities drop plans to try Omar Khadr before a military commission, he could face an unfair trial within weeks for crimes allegedly committed when he was a child. (07/30/2010)

(UA 166/10) Honduras: Human Rights Lawyer and Colleagues Fear for Safety

The car of a Hunduran human rights lawyer has been broken in to, her papers searched and a laptop computer stolen. Amnesty International believes that she has been targeted because of her human rights work, and she may be in danger. (07/30/2010)

(UA 290/09) More Action Needed - China: Journalist Held Incommunicado, Denied Access to Legal Council

Hairat Niyaz, a journalist from China's ethnic Uighur community, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 23 July 2010. He continues to be held incommunicado and has been denied access to legal council of his choice. (07/28/2010)

(UA 339/09) More Action Needed - Venezuela: Father of Murdered Son Attacked, Family Fears for Saftey

Victor Martinez, the father of a 23 year-old man who was shot dead last year, Mijail Martinez, has been attacked. He was handing out flyers alleging that police and local officials were involved in his son's death. He, his family and his colleagues may be at risk of further attacks. (07/28/2010)

(UA 95/10) More Action Needed - China: Activist at High Risk of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment

At her appeal on 21 July, Chinese activist Mao Hengfeng said that she has been severely beaten at the Anhui Provincial Women's Re-education Through Labor (RTL) facility over the past three months. She remains at high risk of further torture and other ill-treatment. (07/28/2010)

(UA 140/10) More Action Needed - USA: Stay of Execution Extended for Jeffrey Matthews

The Governor of Oklahoma has extended the stay of execution for Jeffrey Matthews until 17 August. He was sentenced to death for the murder of his great-uncle, Earl Short, in 1994. (07/28/2010)

Human rights for Guant�namo's Omar Khadr

Omar Khadr, a Canadian national, has been in US custody since age 15. His unfair trial is due to begin in August, after years of torture and abuse. Urge President Obama to stop violating his human rights immediately. (07/28/2010)

Justice for Sri Lanka Survivors

Prior to the Sri Lankan government victory in 2009 over the opposition Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the fighting reached an intense phase. Despite repeated appeals by the international community, neither side took adequate steps to protect the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone. 20,000 civilians were reported to have been killed; tens of thousands more were injured. (07/28/2010)

(UA 125/09) More Action Needed - USA: GTMO Detainee Still Held Without Charge or Trial

Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif has been held in Guantanamo without charge or trial for more than eight years. Amnesty International issued an urgent action on his case in May 2009 after he attempted to commit suicide during a meeting with his lawyer. He had made several previous suicide attempts, including whilst being held in solitary confinement in Guantanamo's psychiatric ward. In May 2010, he told his lawyer that he was still being subjected to ill-treatment and that he still felt suicidal. (07/27/2010)

(UA 175/09) More action needed - Iran: Family of Human Rights Lawyer Fear for Safety

The wife and brother in law of human rights lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, have been arrested, apparently to pressure Mohammad Mostafaei to turn himself in for arrest. Both are thought to be held in Evin Prison. Mohammad Mostafaei is a leading human rights lawyer who defended Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning, as well as a number of juvenile offenders. (07/27/2010)

Stop the anti-immigrant rhetoric

In the absence of federal immigration reform, nine states have now joined a legal brief in support of Arizona law SB1070. Demand an end to the anti-immigrant rhetoric! (07/26/2010)

(UA 148/10) More Action Needed - Israel/OPT: Israeli Authorities Destroyed 74 Structures

The Israeli authorities destroyed 74 structures, of which 26 were family homes, in the al-Farisiya area of the Jordan Valley in the West Bank on 19 July. The structures belonged to 21 Palestinian families and housed 107 people, including 52 children. (07/23/2010)

(UA 160/10) More Action Needed - Kenya: Unarmed 74-Year Old Man Shot and Killed by Police

Jackson Maina Kihato, an unarmed 74-year old man, was shot by police on 19 July, in Kabete NITD, Nairobi. He had been caught up in protests against forced evictions that had happened on 10 July, where an estimated 1,000 people were forcibly evicted from their homes and market stalls were destroyed. (07/23/2010)

(UA 164/10) Morocco: Seven Prisoners in Urgent Need of Medical Treatment

Seven men arrested on 28 June in the Moroccan city of Fes are in urgent need of medical treatment. All seven are reported to have been tortured, and at least five of them are alleged to have been raped. They have received no treatment for their injuries. All seven may face charges on the basis of statements they said they were forced to sign under torture. (07/23/2010)

(UA163/10) Guatemala: Human Rights Workers Fear for Safety

On July 7, a Guatemalan human rights defender campaigning against mining in her Indigenous community was shot. Another activist campaigning locally against mining has been threatened. (07/22/2010)

Demand adequate housing for forcibly evicted Roma families

Call on the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Miercurea Ciuc, Romania to consult with previously evicted Roma families and relocate them to adequate housing away from toxic sites. (07/22/2010)

(UA 119/10) More Action Needed - Sudan: Prisoners of Conscience Given Jail Sentence

Three male journalists from a Sudanese newspaper affiliated to an opposition party have been given prison sentences. The journalists are prisoners of conscience. (07/20/2010)

(UA 162/10) Russian Federation: Investigative Journalist Fears for His Safety

The safety of Magomed Hanmagomedov, an investigative journalist working for an independent newspaper in Dagestan, Russian Federation, may be at risk after he reported on the extrajudicial execution of four suspected armed fighters. (07/20/2010)

Demand better security for women in Nairobi's slums

Women in Nairobi's slums risk violence every day from family members, gangs, their employers and government personnel. When they do report crimes, the crimes usually go unpunished. These women deserve security and access to justice. (07/20/2010)

(UA 161/10) Indonesia: Prisoner of Conscience in Urgent Need of Medical Care

Indonesian prisoner of conscience Johan Teterissa is in urgent need of medical care. He has been seriously ill for the last two weeks, apparently as a result of a deterioration in his health after he was tortured and otherwise ill-treated when he was arrested in June 2007. He has been denied access to the treatment he needs by prison authorities. (07/19/2010)

(UA 159/10) China: Activist at Risk of Torture, Ill-treatment and Enforced Disappearance

Sodmongol, an activist from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China, may be facing prosecution, after being detained while on his way to a United Nations meeting on Indigenous Peoples in New York. His family have not seen him since April, and he is at risk of torture, ill-treatment and enforced disappearance. (07/16/2010)

(UA 211/09) More Action Needed - Iran: 43-Year-Old Mother of Two Could Still Face Execution

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, is held on death row in Tabriz Prison, north-west Iran, and could still face execution. Around 7 July, following international protests, officials in Tabriz asked the head of Iran's judiciary to agree that her sentence of stoning to death be converted to execution by hanging. (07/16/2010)

Gambia: stop the rule of fear

We call on the Gambia to end arbitrary arrests, illegal detentions, enforced disappearances, torture, and extrajudicial killings. (07/14/2010)

(UA 133/10) Iran: Action Still Needed for Abdolreza Tajik

Narges Mohammadi, a member of the Iranian NGO, the Centre for Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), was released on July 1 and was later hospitalized. The fate of another activist Abdolreza Tajik, arrested on June 12, remains uknown and he may be at risk of torture. (07/13/2010)

(UA 157/10) Ukraine: Four Muslims at Risk of Forcible Return to Uzbekistan

Four men are detained in Ukraine and are at risk of forcible return from Ukraine to Uzbekistan, where they will be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. (07/13/2010)

(UA 156/10) Syria: Jehovah's Witness Being Held Incommunicado at Risk of Torture

Nader Nseir, a 38 year-old Syrian Jehovah's Witness, has been held in incommunicado detention since May 7. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. His place of detention appears to be unknown, raising concerns that he may be a victim of enforced disappearance. (07/12/2010)

(UA 152/10) China: Man Detained for Exercising His Right to Freedom of Expression

Liu Xianbin was detained on June 28 in Suining City, Sichuan Province, on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power." Amnesty International believes that he is detained for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression through his human rights and democracy activism. (07/08/2010)

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