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Urgent Action update:Tajikistani lawyers jailed on politically motivated charges
Tajikistani lawyer Buzurgmekhr Yorov, and his co-defendant, lawyer Nuriddin Makhkamov, were sentenced on 6 October to 23 and 21 years in prison respectively.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Vietnamese human rights blogger arrested
Human rights defender Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, known as blogger Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom) was arrested on 10 October and has been charged with “conducting propaganda” against the state under Article 88 of Viet Nam’s Penal Code.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Australia: Conditions in Nauru detention centre 'amount to torture'Press release 17 Oct 2016
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Education resources on forced marriageBlog post, Further education resources, Secondary education resources, Teaching resource 14 Oct 2016
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Hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing 'virtual war zones' in Central AmericaPress release 14 Oct 2016
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Call for digital volunteers to help expose chemical attacks on civilians in DarfurPress release 12 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's trial postponed to 31 October in Bahrain
The High Criminal Court has postponed its verdict in the case of Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab to 31 October.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Student leader's fate and whereabouts unknown in Pakistan
24-year-old student leader Shabbir Baloch may have been subjected to enforced disappearance by the security forces during a day-long military operation in Gwarkop in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Hundreds stranded on Mexico–US border at risk
Hundreds of displaced Haitians, Africans and internally displaced Mexicans are stranded in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, many awaiting appointments with US Customs and Border Protection across the border.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Four released on bail, five still detained in Togo
Two prisoners of conscience and two other men have been released on bail in Dapaong, Northern Togo.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Four released on bail, five still detained in Togo
Two prisoners of conscience and two other men have been released on bail in Dapaong, Northern Togo.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Two journalists on trial for defamation in Timor Leste
Two Timorese journalists, Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Vicente Martins, are facing trial on criminal defamation charges filed by Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister over a 2015 article they published about irregularities during the tendering process for a…
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Kuwaiti Bidun rights defender imprisoned
On 20 September, the Misdemeanours Court of Cassation upheld a sentence of one year’s imprisonment and deportation of ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli, a defender of the rights of the stateless Bidun community in Kuwait, for charges relating to a peaceful…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Pakistan: Travel ban on leading journalist Cyril Almeida must be liftedPress release 11 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action update: Woman arbitrarily detained with her infant in Iraq
A woman who survived IS captivity continues to be arbitrarily detained with her infant daughter in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She was arrested on 25 October 2014.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Defender threatened for work with campesinos in Argentina
Human rights defender and social leader Rubén Ortiz is suffering from constant threats and intimidation related to his support for the rights of peasant farmer (campesino) communities and mission workers in Argentina.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Imminent execution of 22-year-old Iranian woman in Iran
Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, is at risk of execution following an unfair trial in which she was convicted of the murder of her husband. She was 17 years old at the time of the crime. She could be executed as early as 13…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Iran: Kurdish child bride convicted after unfair trial could be executed this weekPress release 11 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action: Grave concern over Thai computer crimes act
Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly is considering amendments to the rights-restricting Computer Crimes Act (2007).
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Family imprisoned for selling poppy seed in Russian Federation
Four members of the Polukhin family were accused of drug trafficking in 2010 for selling culinary poppy seeds and each sentenced to eight years in prison after an unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016