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Urgent Action: Egyptian human rights defenders still targeted
A Cairo court has confirmed a request to freeze the assets of Al-Andalus Institute for Tolerance and anti-Violence Studies and its director Ahmed Samih.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jun 2016 -
The former refugee who rescued his own family on a Greek beachWe talk to Ghias Aljundi who fled to the UK from Syria 18 years ago. He is one of thousands volunteering to help refugees arriving in Greece since last year. But he’d never expected that one day he’d rescue his own family from a rubber boat.
Blog post 20 Jun 2016 -
Northern Ireland: stop riding roughshod over rights of women and girls and change abortion lawsPress release 20 Jun 2016
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Brazil: Security spending cuts ahead of Olympics "incredibly worrying"Press release 18 Jun 2016
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Indonesia using 'crude intimidation tactics' in Aceh stand-offPress release 17 Jun 2016
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New journalists encouraged to apply for prestigious Gaby Rado human rights awardPress release 17 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action update: Bahraini Human Rights Defender charged and detained
Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, Nabeel Rajab, was arrested on 13 June. He has been charged with “spreading false information and rumours in the aim of discrediting the State”.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Conviction upheld, prison sentence extended in BahrainUrgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action: Canadian-Iranian professor detained in Tehran
Canadian-Iranian citizen Dr Homa Hoodfar, a 65-year-old professor of anthropology, was arrested on 6 June following months of questioning by the Revolutionary Guards. She is being held in Tehran’s Evin Prison with no access to her family or lawyer, and…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Circus performer's detention renewed
On 13 June an Israeli military court renewed by a further six months the detention without charge of Palestinian circus performer Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016 -
Urgent update: Palestinian circus performer's detention renewed in Israel
On 13 June an Israeli military court renewed by a further six months the detention without charge of Palestinian circus performer Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Judge rules in favour of Indigenous Defender
A federal judge in Mexico has ruled in favour of Indigenous rights defender Ildefonso Zamora who has been in prison since November 2015. The Attorney General should now accept that the case is baseless and refrain from appealing the ruling. This will be…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016 -
Ban Ki-moon visit to Lesbos must spur EU leaders to scrap flawed policy on refugeesPress release 16 Jun 2016
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Kenyan court ruling supporting anal tests on men suspected of gay sex is 'shocking'Press release 16 Jun 2016
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Indonesia should allow dozens of Tamil asylum-seekers stranded off coast to disembarkPress release 15 Jun 2016
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Baku Grand Prix: F1 should call on Azerbaijani authorities to end human rights crackdownPress release 15 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action: Chinese activists detained for commemorating June 4
Nine activists have been detained for commemorations of the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: ‘Extremism’ trial held behind closed doors in Tajikistan
The trial of Buzurgmekhr Yorov, a lawyer representing members of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), began in May.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2016 -
UA good news: Asylum law changes signed by federal president in Austria
Amendments to Austria’s asylum law were signed into law by the outgoing federal president and entered into force.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi released in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Mohammed Saleh al-Bajadi was released on 7 April from a rehabilitation centre where he had spent four months after being discharged from prison in November 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2016
