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Take Action Archive

Protect Colombian Lawyer from Assassination (11/29/07)
Stop Attacks on Civil Society in Pakistan (11/5/07)
Urge Colombian Government to Stop Defaming Colombian Journalists (10/25/07)
Egyptian Activists Detained for Defending Rights of Religious Minority and Denouncing Torture (10/18/07)
Halt Death Threats Against Indonesian Human Rights Defenders (9/27/07)
Government Orders Closure of Egyptian Human Rights Group (9/20/07)
End Harassment of Human Rights Defenders in Russia (08/29/07)
Lift Restrictions on Russian Activist (08/22/07)
Urge Indonesian Authorities to Ensure Albert Rumbekwan's Safety (08/08/07)
Stop Intimidation of Those Who Assist Victims of Violence in Colombia (08/02/07)
Release Dangerously Ill Cuban Prisoner (06/20/07)
Release Young Syrian Activists (06/13/07)
Urge Colombian Authorities to Drop Charges Against Human Rights Defender (06/01/07)
Women's Rights Campaigner among Students Jailed in Iran (07/18/07)
Call for End to Impunity in Guatemala (07/11/07)
Egyptian Activists Punished for Advocating Reform (06/28/07)
Tunisian defenders punished for cooperating with international human rights groups (06/07/07)
Iranian Women's Rights Activist Imprisoned (05/16/07)
Call on Congress to Support Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala (05/03/07)
Russian Human Rights Lawyer Faces Disbarment (04/25/07)
Protect Released Colombian Human Rights Leader (04/18/07)
Support the Syrian Human Rights Community: Call for the Release of Anwar al-Bunni (04/05/07)
Help Free Iranian Women's Rights Leaders: Campaigning for Equality is Not a Crime (03/06/07)
Four Years Since Cuba Crackdown: Release Activists Still in Prison (03/15/07)
Release Mohamed Abbou, Jailed Human Rights Lawyer in Tunisia (03/01/07)
Iranian Women's Rights Websites Blocked (01/31/07)
Call for the Release of Jailed Syrian Human Rights Lawyer (02/14/07)
Time to Stop the Killing of Activists in the Philippines (02/08/07)
Early Release for Man Tied to Poisoning of Indonesian Defender (01/04/07)
Call for Release of Imprisoned Colombian Human Rights Leader (01/17/07)
Cuban Human Rights Lawyer Threatened With Jail (01/24/07)
Russian Organization Faces Crucial Court Hearing (01/10/07)
Support New Opportunities for Justice in Guatemala (12/20/06)
Call on Congress to Support Human Rights Defenders in Colombia (11/20/06)
Cuban Journalist's Health Deteriorates in Prison (11/15/06)
Community Leader Killed by Colombian Army While Fishing (11/09/06)
Window of Opportunity for Human Rights in Thailand (11/01/06)
Imprisoned Iranian Activist Now Being Tortured (09/27/06)
Freedom of Expression Criminalized in Tunisia (10/26/06)
Colombian Activists Targeted by Government Assassination Plot (10/04/06)
Lawyers Face Jail for Doing Their Job (09/14/06)
Support the UN’s Most Valuable Human Rights Protectors (09/07/06)
Law Society of Zimbabwe Under Attack (08/23/06)
Nobel Winner's Human Rights Center Banned by Iranian Government (08/16/06)
Uzbek Singer on Trial for Song about Massacre (08/04/06)
Protect Rights Defenders in Southeast Asia (07/26/06)
End Impunity for the Murder of Thai Rights Defenders (07/19/06)
Sudanese Government Preventing Work of Rights Defenders in Khartoum (07/13/06)
Garífuna Community Leader in Honduras Threatened with Death (07/06/06)
Freed Activist Asks For Help to Release Others Still Detained in Egypt (06/29/06)
G8 Summit - A Chance for Change in Russia (06/21/06)
Iranian Activist Detained for Demanding Women's Rights (06/19/06)
Egyptian Blogger Among Hundreds Detained After Judges' Protests (06/07/06)
Iranian Women Demand Equal Legal Status (06/09/06)
Support Judicial Independence in Egypt (05/10/06)
Support Sudanese Rights Group Facing Persecution (05/03/06)
Release Mohamed Abbou: Jailed for Denouncing Torture in Tunisia (04/19/06)
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Faces Unfair Trial (04/12/06)
Help Release Seriously Ill Cuban Journalist Unjustly Jailed (6/14/06)
Help Protect Mexican Women's Rights Defender (3/8/06)
Cuban 'Ladies in White' Face Intimidation (3/28/06)
Release Wrongfully Imprisoned Russian Lawyer, Now in Poor Health Needed (03/23/06)
Public Inquiry into Murder of Belfast Lawyer Urgently Needed
Help Protect Mexican Women's Rights Defender (03/08/06)
Cambodia: Help Reverse the Tide of Authoritarianism (03/01/06)
Leading Zimbabwean Human Rights Lawyer Faces Death Threats 02/08/06
Akbar Ganji Subjected to Harsh Prison Conditions in Iran (02/01/06)
Russian Defender Faces Prison: Your Support Needed Now! (01/25/06)
Make Sure the Thai Government Fulfills Promise of Justice for Disappeared Lawyer (01/18/06)
Jailed Haitian Priest Diagnosed with Leukemia: Your Support Urgently (01/11/06)
Russian Activists Threatened by Proposed New Law (01/15/06)
A Guilty Verdict but the Search for Munir's Killers Continues (12/21/05)
Protest Worsening Prison Conditions For Ill Cuban Activist (12/07/05)
Garífuna Indigenous Activists Under Attack in Honduras (11/23/05)
Release Mohamed Abbou! Tunisia Hosts Global Communication Summit While Jailing Peaceful Dissenters (11/22/05)
Zimbabwean Activists Attacked (11/02/05)
Uzbek Activist Jailed (10/26/05)
New Law Threatens Aid Organizations in Sudan (10/19/05)
Call on Congress to Support Justice for Munir (10/05/05)
Help Release Illegally Detained Russian Lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin (09/28/05)
Security Council's Counterterrorism Resolution Open to Abuse by Authoritarian Governments (09/21/05)
Stop Psychiatric Abuse of Women Activists in Uzbekistan (09/14/05)
Munir Murder Inquiry: Indonesia Should Release Report of Independent Fact-Finding Team (09/07/05)
American Humanitarian Activist and Pastor Detained in China (08/31/05)
Russian Rights Leader Faces Prosecution and Needs Your Help (08/24/05)
Jailed Women’s Rights Activist Needs Your Help (08/10/05)
Protect Cuban Activists Arrested in Latest Government Crackdown (08/03/05)
Your Help Needed for Haitian Priest and Activist (07/27/05)
Help Release Mohammed Raadoun, Syrian Human Rights Lawyer (07/21/05)
Release Akbar Ganji: Jailed for Exposing Iranian Government's Complicity in Murder (07/13/05)
Protect Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders (07/06/05)
Strike a Blow Against Impunity in Indonesia (06/29/05)
Your Action Needed Now to Support Pakistani Women's Rights Activist Mukhtar Mai (06/15/05)
This May Be Our Last Chance to Help Seriously Ill Cuban Rights Advocate (06/08/05)
Uzbekistan: Stop Arresting Defenders for Reporting on Andijan Massacre (06/01/05)
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Colombian Human Rights Defenders Should Be Supported, Not Threatened (05/25/05)
Help Keep Up the Pressure: Stop Persecution of Sudanese Activists (05/12/05)
Protesting Torture in Tunisian Prisons is Not a Crime (05/04/05)
Russian Human Rights Group Faces Closure under Counterterror Law (04/20/05)
Kurdish Women's Rights Activist Summoned to Revolutionary Court in Iran (04/06/05)
Russian Human Rights Group Faces Closure (04/05/06)
Russian Human Rights Defenders Should Not Be Branded as Terrorist Sympathizers (03/30/05)
Hector Palacios, Cuban Rights Defender, Still Needs Your Help (03/22/05)
One Year Later: Family of Missing Thai Lawyer Struggles for Accountability (03/09/05)
Indonesia Activist Poisoned: Demand Answers (03/02/05)
Guatemalan Defender Threatened While Seeking Truth about "Disappeared" (02/23/05)
Help Put a Stop to Grave Crimes in Darfur (02/09/05)
Stop Persecution of Critics of Russian Counterterrorism Policies (02/02/05)
Demand Release of Sudanese Human Rights Activist (01/26/05)
End Harassment of Prominent Syrian Human Rights Lawyer (01/19/05)
Put a Stop to Death Threats Against Leading Activists in the Congo (01/12/05)
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Framed; Call for Immediate Release (01/05/05)
Speak Out for Cuban Human Rights Advocates in the New Year (12/28/04)
Protect Colombian Priest Defending Human Rights (12/22/04)
Demand a Fair Trial for Russian Lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin (12/15/04)
Urge Indonesia's President to Honor Pledge for Independent Investigation into Munir's Death (12/08/04)
Six Cuban Dissidents Released; Push for the Release of All (12/01/04)
Indonesian Rights Leader Poisoned: Demand Investigation (11/17/04)
Protect Human Rights Advocate Luis Enrique Ferrer from Prison Abuse (10/06/04)
Russian Counter-Terror Law Threatens Chechen Human Rights Group (09/22/04)
Russian Human Rights Defender Murdered in Hate-Crime (06/29/04)

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