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Update Action update: Narges Mohammadi's trial date set
The trial of Iranian prisoner of conscience, Narges Mohammadi, has been set for 20 April 2016. She remains critically ill.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: Rights defenders at risk of further attacks in Russia
Human Rights Defenders have been repeatedly threatened by the Chechen authorities and targeted with increasing violence.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activists at risk of prison term in Chad
Four activists will be standing trial for planning to organise peaceful demonstrations to protest against the president of Chad.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender killed and others harassed in Honduras
Human right defender Nelson García was killed on 15 March 2016 following the murder of Berta Cáceres on 3 March 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender sick in prison in Azerbaijan
Tales Khasmammadov's health has continued to deteriorate in prison and he is not receiving adequate medical care in the prison’s hospital.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Mexican human rights defender fears for safety in Honduras
Honduras ordered Mexican human rights defender Gustavo Castro Soto to stay in the country for another 30 days.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Witness to murder at risk in Honduras
Mexican human rights defender Gustavo Castro Soto, who witnessed the murder of Berta Cáceres, is at risk in Honduras.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Mar 2016 -
Nabeel RajabImprisoned for tweeting about his government. Beaten for peacefully protesting for human rights. Nabeel Rajab has been targeted again and again by the authorities in Bahrain, who are determined to silence him. But Nabeel is equally determined to keep…
04 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: DRC whereabouts of youth activists unknown
Two LUCHA activists, Bienvenu Matumo and Marc Heritier Capitaine were arrested on 16 February in Kinshasa.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Mar 2016 -
6 inspiring human rights quotesBlog post 26 Feb 2016
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Albert Woodfox released after 43 cruel years in solitary confinementIt's long overdue. After more than four decades in solitary confinement, Albert Woodfox was released on his 69th birthday.
Press release 19 Feb 2016 -
Urgent Action: Chinese labour activists 3rd update
Zhu Xiaomei and Tang Jian have been released but Zeng Feiyang, Meng Han and He Xiaobo remain behind bars.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Feb 2016 -
India is muzzling its critics and harassing its NGOs: will Cameron speak out?David Cameron is rolling out the red carpet again - this time for India's Prime Minister. Cameron has described the visit as a 'historic occasion'. Will he raise the fact that Modi's government is muzzling its critics and silencing NGOs?
Blog post 12 Nov 2015 -
Hundreds of human rights lawyers targeted in ChinaMore than 230 lawyers and activists have been targeted and branded as a 'criminal gang' by the Chinese authorities in a widespread crackdown since July 2015. We are demanding an end to this crackdown on anyone who challenges the authorities.
19 Oct 2015 -
Book and Activities: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird is a twentieth century classic. Find out how you can use the no
Books and literature, Lesson plan, Resource pack, Secondary education resources, Primary education resources, Teaching resource 13 Aug 2015 -
Human rights defenders – some of the bravest people in the worldYou may not realise it, but there are people around the world dedicating their lives to making sure other people's human rights are safe. We call these activists human rights defenders, and they're indispensable in creating a world where each of our…
Explainer, FAQ 10 Jul 2015 -
Resource Pack: Freedom of Expression?
Human rights belong to everyone online as well as off. Take action with your students in support of Raif Badawi, debate digital rights issues and make your submission for a digital rights charter with Amnesty International and the British Library.
Resource pack, Secondary education resources, Teaching resource 26 Mar 2015 -
A fifth anniversary of the Syria crisis is tragically looking all too likelyBlog post 16 Mar 2015
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Ihar Tsikhanyuk, beaten by police for being gay in BelarusIhar Tsikhanyuk is a gay man living in Minsk, Belarus. When he tried to set up a gay rights organisation, the police beat him. When he complained, they said they'd beat him again.
06 Sep 2014 -
Standing up to abuses in the coal-mining communities of IndiaHuman rights defenders like Soni Sori have been harrassed, tortured and wrongly imprisoned - just for standing up to human rights abuses committed by corporations in India's coal-mining states. Coal-mining is big business in India, and it's growing - but…
05 Aug 2014
