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Urgent Action: Sixty-two activists, protesters arbitrarily held
Sixty-two people including activists from the Independence Movement of Cabinda were arrested.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Detained online activist alleges torture in prison
Soro Tangboho alias Carton noir, an outspoken online activist, was arbitrarily arrested on 8 November 2018.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Labour rights activists at risk of further torture
Iranian labour rights activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Gholian are at grave risk of further torture.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender under house arrest
On 23 January, Anastasia Shevchenko was put under house arrest and may face up to six years in prison if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Activist arbitrarily detained for almost 6 months
Peter Biar Ajak, a prominent South Sudanese academic and activist, has been arbitrarily for almost six months.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Mauritanian anti-slavery activists released
Two anti-slavery activists Biram Dah Abeid and Abdellahi el Housein Mesoud were released from Nouakchott civil Prison.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender tried in secret
Huang Qi, founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “64 Tianwang”, was secretly tried.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Woman human rights defender facing threats online
Woman human rights defender Fátima Mimbire has been receiving intimidating messages on social media from unknown people.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Woman attacked for seeking justice for son
On 11 January, two unidentified men in a motorbike shot three times at the car in which Alfamir Castillo was.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Jan 2019 -
Dying to save the environment in MexicoMexican environmental defender Julián Carrillo was murdered for defending his Indigenous community. Governments around the world must do more to protect human rights defenders.
Blog post 25 Jan 2019 -
Mexico: Government failed to prevent murder of environmental activist - new reportIndigenous Rarámuri leader, Julián Carrillo leader killed three months ago
Press release 24 Jan 2019 -
Iran: more than 7,000 arrested last year in crackdown of 'staggering scale' - new figuresPress release 24 Jan 2019
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Urgent Action outcome: Human rights defender’s 10-year sentence upheld
Ahmed Mansoor had his 10-year prison sentence upheld by the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2019 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Human rights defender loses final appeal
On 31 December 2018, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the five-year prison sentence of Nabeel Rajab.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2019 -
Russia: first-ever 'undesirable organisation' case brought against human rights activistOpen Russia’s coordinator in Rostov-on-Don could face six years in jail
Press release 21 Jan 2019 -
Stansted 15 tell their story through filmThe Stansted 15 - a group of UK activists convicted of terrorism-related charges, feature in a new independent documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Sue Clayton.
17 Jan 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Activist sentenced to two years in prison
Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua convicted of “inciting subversion of state power”, sentenced to two years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jan 2019 -
Communities in Western Colombia threatened by armed groupsUrgent action outcomes 09 Jan 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights organisations at risk
The National Police broke into the offices of Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights (CENIDH).
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Verdict for human rights defender
The State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court of the UAE upheld its 10-year sentence against Ahmed Mansoor.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2019
