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Fourth UA 107/23 Iran: PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTION IMMINENT FOR TORTURED MAN
Kurdish man Reza Rasaei, from the Yaresan religious minority, is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising. He has exhausted all legal avenues and could be executed at any moment. He was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial that relied on his forced “confessions” obtained under torture and other ill-treatment, including beatings, electric shocks, suffocation and sexual violence. |
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Fourth UA 96/23 Venezuela: VENEZUELAN PRISONERS FACE CRITICAL NEGLECT
Since February 2024, Juan Carlos Marrufo has been enduring inhumane prison conditions in Venezuelan prison Rodeo I, having been held in politically motivated arbitrary detention since March 2019. As well as subjecting him to isolation and lack of drinking water, the authorities deny him medical testing and treatment. María Auxiliadora Delgado, married to Juan Carlos and also detained for over five years, requires immediate medical tests. Emirlendris Benitez, arbitrarily arrested in August 2018, suffers ailments resulting from the torture she was subjected to which require immediate surgery. We call on minister Celsa Bautista to ensure they receive medical attention immediately. Australia Post is accepting only express airmail to Venezuela (7-15 business days delivery) |
First UA 38/24 Myanmar: UNION LEADER SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON
Thet Hnin Aung, a prominent trade union leader, was sentenced to seven years in prison with hard labour following a secret trial and after five months of being forcibly disappeared. His arrest occurred on the same day that he was released from prison, after serving a two-year sentence (2021-2023) for his activism in the Civil Disobedience Movement. In addition to ongoing health concerns that require daily medication, there are grave fears for Thet Hnin Aung's wellbeing as he has already endured torture and other ill-treatment during his prior imprisonment. The Myanmar military must immediately and unconditionally release Thet Hnin Aung. Australia Post offers express (6-10 business days delivery) and economy (20+ business days delivery) airmail services to Myanmar. |
Second UA 66/22 USA: FREE DETAINEES, CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO
30 men remain unlawfully detained at the US military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. 16 are cleared for release yet remain imprisoned today. The prison has been open for more than 22 years and over 700 Muslim men and boys have passed through its doors. Many were tortured, all were detained arbitrarily, and none has faced a fair trial. One of these individuals is Toffiq al-Bihani, who was cleared for transfer out of the facility in 2010 but remains there today. We demand that the US government transfer out Toffiq and the other cleared men and close the facility immediately. Australia Post offers express airmail (3-6 business days) and economy airmail (15+ business days) services to the USA. |
UA 35/24 USA: EXECUTION SET AS STATE MISCONDUCT REVEALED
Jamie Mills is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on 30 May 2024. He was convicted in 2007 of the murder of an elderly couple in 2004 and sentenced to death after the jury voted 11-1 for the death penalty. There is new evidence that the key prosecution witness, then facing the same capital murder charges as Jamie Mills, was offered a plea deal in return for her testimony, something the state denied at the trial. We urge the Governor to recognize that executive clemency serves as a failsafe against injustices left unremedied by the courts and to commute this death sentence. Australia Post offers express airmail (3-6 business days) and economy airmail (15+ business days) services to the USA. |
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Outcome UA 112/23 Afghanistan: FOUR WOMEN PROTESTORS RELEASED
Women human rights defenders and protestors Zholia Parsi, Neda Parwani, Parisa Azada, and Manizha Seddiqi have been released after several months of arbitrary detention. |
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THAT'S ALL FOR THIS WEEK
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