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Urgent Action Update: Human rights defender facing bogus charges
Serikzhan Bilash is being prosecuted simply for defending the human rights of ethnic Kazakhs in China.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Sep 2019 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Human rights defender released with conditions
After more than five months of detention, prisoner of conscience Serikzhan Bilash was released from house arrest.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender needs urgent medical care
Human rights defender Joaquín Elo Ayeto is in urgent need of medical assistance while in detention at Black Beach Prison.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed cancer patient tortured in prison
Critically ill prisoner of conscience Arash Sadeghi is being tortured through denial of his access to cancer treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Dr. Scott warren new trial slated for november
Dr. Scott Warren was facing 20 years in prison for providing humanitarian aid to migrants.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Grassroots women activist held incommunicado
Chen Jianfang, a devoted grassroots human rights defender has been held in incommunicado detention since 20 March.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking labour rights activist at risk
Sepideh Gholian has been on hunger strike in protest at the ill-treatment of her family and dire conditions in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Activists released on bail, awaiting trial
The trial of seven activists, charged with treason for attending a training in the Maldives, has yet to begin.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: A decade in jail for defying forced veiling
Prisoners of conscience jailed solely because of their peaceful campaigning against discriminatory forced veiling laws.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Land defenders in Río Blanco still at risk
On 16 July, COPINH reported new attacks that affected at least 25 families of the community of Río Blanco, Honduras.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Lawyer of Xinca people still under threat
Quelvin Jimenez reported that a group of people, carrying weapons, disrupted a meeting of the Xinca Indigenous people.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Aug 2019 -
Israel: death threats made against Amnesty and other civil society organisationsFurther threats and a dead mouse left outside refugee organisation’s building
Press release 31 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action: Jailed for protesting forced veiling laws
Iranian women’s rights defenders have been arbitrarily detained in in Shahr-e Ray prison.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action: National guard harasses migrant shelter
Rise of concerning behaviours that could put as risk the rights of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and HRDs in Mexico.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action: Jailed for reporting on workers’ protests
Iranian journalists Amir Amirgholi, Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Mohammadifar arbitrarily detained since January.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action: Four women jailed for attending may day rally
Iranian activists Anisha Assadolahi, Atefeh Rangriz and Neda Naji and Iranian journalist Marzieh Amiri detained.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action: Lawyer sentenced to over 29 years in prison
Human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been sentenced to 29 years and three months in prison and 111 lashes.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender at risk
Danelly Estupiñan has been followed by two unknown men for the past seven months because of her human rights work.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jul 2019 -
USA: authorities in 'politically-motivated' campaign against activists assisting migrants - new reportPress release 02 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Final “Umbrella Nine” activist sentenced
Lawmaker Tanya Chan has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Jun 2019
