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Bangladesh: End illegal detentions immediatelyPress release 14 Aug 2016
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Syria: Ten-year-old girl to receive urgent surgery following evacuation from besieged MadayaPress release 14 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action: Four youth activists detained without charge in Angola
Four Angolan youth activists who are part of the Benguela Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário de Benguela) were arrested by police on the evening of 4 August.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Accused of defamation for social media posts in IndonesiaUrgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action: Evacuate 10-year-old Syrian girl in need of surgery
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl, was shot in the leg on 2 August by a sniper at a government checkpoint in Madaya
Urgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: At least a thousand houses at risk of demolition in Nigeria
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria has threatened to demolish houses in Gbagyi Villa, Kaduna State, North West Nigeria.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Eight arrested in Sudan, whereabouts unknown
10 people, seven of whom are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), were arrested by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in Darfur on 31 July.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Aug 2016 -
Russia and USA should arrange immediate evacuation of ten-year-old girl shot by sniperPress release 12 Aug 2016
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Syria: reported chlorine attack in Aleppo sign of Assad's 'intensified' use of chemical weaponsPress release 11 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Newspaper editor on bail and awaiting trial in South Sudan
Alfred Taban, prominent journalist and chief editor of the daily English newspaper, Juba Monitor, was released on bail on 29 July. No court date has been set for his trial.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Aug 2016 -
Free Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo LópezServing 13+ years for speaking out against the ruling party. Sign the petition for his freedom.
11 Aug 2016 -
End Action: Stop action on lawyer at risk of torture in China
Lawyer Ren Quanniu, who was criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, has been released on bail. Please stop sending appeals at this time.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Sahrawi defendants granted civilian re-trial in Morocco
Twenty-three Sahrawi defendants, including 21 prisoners sentenced to jail after a grossly unfair trial by a military court in 2013, are to face re-trial before a civilian court.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Aug 2016 -
End Action: Return to Turkey not imminent for two Syrians in Greece
The first two Syrian refugees that became at risk of being forcibly returned to Turkey under the illegal EU-Turkey deal have now been released from detention. A court has also ordered the suspension of their deportation.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Bidun defender released in Kuwait, awaiting verdict
Bidun human rights defender ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli was released from Kuwait Central prison on 2 August after serving the remainder of a three month prison sentence for “misusing his phone”.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Aug 2016 -
Running or swimming for your lifeThe spotlight on the world’s greatest athletes can also be used to shine a light on human rights. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, 10 refugees are competing without a national team.
Blog post 10 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Hundreds killed under Philippines' new President
Hundreds of criminal suspects allegedly linked to the drug trade have been killed since June 30, the day President Duterte took office in the Philippines. Some of these cases may amount to extrajudicial executions.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Chinese activist on hunger strike at grave risk
Jailed Chinese Human Rights Defender Yang Maodong (better known by his pen name Guo Feixiong) has been on hunger strike since 9 May in protest of his ill-treatment by the authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Islam Khalil repeatedly tortured by prison officials in Egypt
Islam Khalil, who was subjected to enforced disappearance for 122 days, has been tortured in detention and placed in solitary confinement after he spoke out against putting more detainees in his already overcrowded cell.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Aug 2016
