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Urgent Action: Risk of impunity in cases of forced sterilizations in Peru
The right to justice of thousands of women - mainly peasant, Indigenous and Quechua-speaking women – who were sterilized against their will is at risk, after authorities failed to file charges against those responsible before the legal deadline passed.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Youth activists conditionally released in Angola
16 of the 17 Angolan youth activists were conditionally released following the Supreme Court’s decision on the habeas corpus. Nito Alves was later conditionally released following a Constitutional Court decision.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Two prominent bloggers detained for tweets in China
Two bloggers who compiled and released data on protests in China were criminally detained on 15 June 2016 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Execution date set for man on death row for 34 years in USA
John Conner, a 60-year-old man who has been on death row in Georgia for 34 years, is scheduled to be executed on 14 July.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Jul 2016 -
Our verdict on the Chilcot reportThe independent inquiry into the UK's involvement in the 2003 Iraq war has been published - confirming many of our worries from the time
Blog post 08 Jul 2016 -
China: 'Dark days for human rights' as lawyer crackdown continues one year onPress release 08 Jul 2016
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USA: Philando Castile shooting must be independently investigatedPress release 07 Jul 2016
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Two years on from 50-day Gaza conflict still no justice for victimsPress release 07 Jul 2016
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Time for justice in Israel and GazaBlog post 07 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action Update: Istanbul Pride ban enforced
On the day of the banned Istanbul Pride march on 26 June, police used tear gas and plastic bullets against small groups of LGBTI activists.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Iranian human rights defender on hunger strike
Narges Mohammadi, a prisoner of conscience, has been on hunger strike since 27 June in protest at the authorities’ persistent refusal to allow her to speak with her young children.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Sentence completed in March 2015, still in Iraq jail
Walid Yunis Ahmad was due to be released on 6 March 2015. He still remains in prison in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq more than a year after having completed his five-year prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Man arbitarily detained for facebook posts in Algeria
A British-Algerian man is arbitrarily detained pending the outcome of his trial for “offending” Algeria’s president and other officials on Facebook.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Victim of unfair trial, health at risk in Russian Federation
Stanislav Klykh is currently in pre-trial detention after being sentenced on 26 May to 20 years in prison after an unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Egyptian national sentenced to 3 years in UAE prison
On 27 June the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced Mosaab Ahmed ‘Abdel-‘Aziz Ramadan to three years in prison followed by deportation.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: 13 Peaceful activists facing trial in Thailand
Ten students and three labour rights activists were arrested on 23 June for distributing leaflets about the forthcoming constitutional referendum in Thailand on 7 August.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2016 -
Belarus uses telecoms firms to stifle dissent - new reportPress release 06 Jul 2016
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Chilcot report: 'tragedy' that human rights assessments not properly madePress release 06 Jul 2016
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Iraq: Execution of five people following Baghdad bombing comdemnedPress release 05 Jul 2016
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Syria: armed groups in Aleppo and Idlib have carried out abductions, torture and killings - new reportPress release 05 Jul 2016
