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Fifth update: Released activists still face charges13 activists arrested for giving water to people on hunger strike will be brought to court on 30 January 2020.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jan 2020 -
Outcome: Sentencing of two young men upheldA Russian court confirmed the six-year-long sentences for prisoners of conscience, Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jan 2020 -
First update: Activists released on bail still face chargesFour of the nine activists arrested for their activism have been released on bail. All nine still face charges.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jan 2020 -
Qatar: new law could see five-year jail sentences for 'false news'Country already under fire for treatment of migrant workers in lead-up to World Cup
Press release 20 Jan 2020 -
Iraq: Human rights lawyer forcibly disappearedA 29-year-old lawyer, representing arrested protesters, was abducted by armed men on 6 Oct. His whereabouts are unknown.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Jan 2020 -
Lebanon: 'alarming' new attacks on protestersSecurity forces brutally beat and drag protesters through the streets
Press release 16 Jan 2020 -
Outcome: Nafosat Olloshkurova releasedUzbekistani blogger and human rights defender Nafosat Olloshkurova has been released from forced psychiatric detainment.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2020 -
Human rights defender held incommunicadoHuman rights defender continues to be detained after being tried for "defamation" and "threats" against the president.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2020 -
Outcome: Activists arrested for protesting releasedFive pro-democracy activists were released on 19 December 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jan 2020 -
Nigeria: Human rights defenders must be releasedNigerian authorities continue to detain human rights defenders facing trumped-up treason charges.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jan 2020 -
Saudi Arabia: Khashoggi trial verdict a 'whitewash'‘Only an international, independent and impartial investigation can serve justice for Jamal Khashoggi’
Press release 23 Dec 2019 -
Myanmar: New convictions for "Peacock Generation" membersFour members of satirical poetry group, Peacock Generation, have been given further jail terms for posting on Facebook.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Dec 2019 -
UAE: Prisoner of conscience held in dire conditionsHuman rights defender has remained in in solitary confinement without a mattress of access to fresh air since March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Dec 2019 -
Egypt: Three journalists arbitrarily detainedThree journalists are in detention under terrorism related charges and for "spreading false news", for their writings.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Dec 2019 -
Guinea: Five activists in detentionFive activists were arrested for protesting in November. They are still detained and two of them need medical attention.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Dec 2019 -
Lebanon: recent violent crackdown on protesters must be investigatedPeaceful protesters baton-charged, bombarded with tear gas and chased down streets and severely beaten
Press release 19 Dec 2019 -
Myanmar: Release jailed filmmaker second updateA prominent filmmaker has been convicted to a year in prison for Facebook posts critical of the Myanmar military.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Outcome: Representative's trial startedThe trial against Venezuelan National Assembly member, Juan Requesens, has begun, after arbitrary detention and delays.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
First update: lengthy jail terms for prisoners of conscienceCrimean Tatar human rights defenders were given lengthy prison sentences, after an unfair trial based on false charges.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Iran: thousands arrested after protestsReports of truckloads of blindfolded people taken to prisons, with jails now overflowing with new detainees
Press release 16 Dec 2019
