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Nowhere safe: Refugee women on the Greek islands live in constant fearOur refugee expert, Giorgos Kosmopoulos, highlights the risks that lone refugee women fleeing war and persecution face while trapped in transit camps on the Greek islands after the EU-Turkey deal.
Blog post 08 Jun 2016 -
Iraq: Authorities must rein in Fallujah forces amid allegations of torture and deaths in custodyPress release 08 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action update: Sick Iranian blogger being forced to return to prison
Blogger and pioneering anti-censorship activist Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was released on temporary medical leave on 4 May.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Belarus issues third death sentence in 2016
Siarhei Vostrykau was sentenced to death by the Homel Regional Court on 19 May. He is the third person to be sentenced to death in Belarus this year.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Syrian refugees at risk of return from Greek island to Turkey
Two Syrian refugees are the first at risk of being forcibly returned to Turkey under the illegal EU-Turkey deal, after their asylum applications were dismissed by the Greek authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Angolan human rights defender freed, lawyer risks jail
The Angolan Supreme Tribunal acquitted human rights defender José Marcos Mavungo on 19 May and he was released the following day.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2016 -
Why the UK must stop arms sales to Saudi ArabiaIn April 2016, our research team visited Yemen to collect evidence of human rights abuses. What we discovered was a UK-made cluster bomb, used by the coalition in a series of strikes on civilians.
07 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Three death sentnces upheld in Bahrain
The Bahraini High Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentences imposed against three Bahraini men and life sentences against seven others after an unfair trial in relation to the killing of three policemen in March 2014.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Four Libyan men acquitted and released
Four Libyan men, three of them with dual nationality, were acquitted on 30 May by the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of providing support to “terrorist” groups.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2016 -
UN: Shameful pandering to Saudi Arabia-led coalition over children killed in Yemen conflictPress release 07 Jun 2016
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Malawi: Killing spree of people with albinism fuelled by ritual practices and policing failuresPress release 07 Jun 2016
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Letter to Michael Fallon over Government's 'wildly implausible claims' on UK cluster munitions in YemenPress release 06 Jun 2016
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Five reasons why the EU deal with Turkey is inhumaneThe EU’s plan to trade refugees with Turkey is abhorrent and completely lacks any concern for the human beings at the centre of this crisis. The deal is wrought with moral and legal flaws, and the UK government should firmly reject it - here's why.
Blog post 03 Jun 2016 -
EU-Turkey refugee deal 'reckless and illegal'Press release 03 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action: Eight facebook users charged, awaiting trial in Thailand
Eight persons linked to a satirical Facebook community page were charged with sedition and computer crimes on 28 April. They are scheduled to appear in a military court on 3 July. Two of them are still detained on the additional charge of offending the…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Malaysian blogger at risk of prison for facebook post
Malaysian blogger Vivian Lee has been found guilty of sedition and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for a Facebook post she made in July 2013. She will be imprisoned if her final appeal is rejected.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Malek Adly's detention renewed for 15 days in Egypt
A Cairo court renewed on 1 June the detention of prisoner of conscience Malek Adly for 15 days. The human rights lawyer is in poor health, has been ill-treated and is held in solitary confinement. He is one of hundreds arrested in the wake of protests in…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Every donation matched £1 for £1: Join the Revolution against FGM and Child MarriageBlog post 02 Jun 2016
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Urgent action update: Egypt: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 28 June
A Cairo court adjourned to 28 June the trial of photojournalist Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016
