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Urgent Action: Journalist harassed to silence dissent
Maria Ressa, executive editor of online news outlet Rappler and press freedom advocate, was arrested.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Feb 2019 -
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: Danish Jehovah’s witness jailed for his faith
Danish Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen found guilty of “organizing activities of an extremist organisation".
Urgent action outcomes 18 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action : Poet held over poem calling for government reform
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, has been in detention since 12 January.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Feb 2019 -
Philippines: Rappler CEO arrested 'on a trumped-up libel charge'Maria Ressa, chief executive of news website, was arrested earlier today.
Press release 13 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 update: Detained journalist denied family visits
Journalist Amade Abubacar was transferred from the Macomia district prison to Mieze prison in Pemba district.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Sentenced to one year in prison for posting Facebook video
Agustinus Yolemal, a Papuan pro-independence activist was sentenced to 1 year’s imprisonment.
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 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: Prominent Bedouin leader imprisoned by Israel
69-year-old human rights defender Sheikh Sayyah Abu Mdeighim al-Turi, started serving a 10-month prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Feb 2019 -
Russia: verdict due in trial of first Jehovah's Witness arrested under new clampdown175,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses at risk
Press release 05 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Journalist’s request for provisional release rejected
Macomia’s District Judicial Court ruled that the pre-trial detention of journalist Amade Abubacar was lawful.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Feb 2019 -
Venezuela: Arrest of 11 journalists a 'vain attempt' to disguise human rights violationsA free press is fundamental for the defense of human rights in any country in the world' Erika Guevara-Rosas
Press release 31 Jan 2019 -
Bahrain: verdict against Sheikh Salman is 'another nail in the coffin' for free speech'The Bahraini authorities must quash Sheikh Ali Salman’s conviction'
Press release 28 Jan 2019 -
Urgent Action: Administrative detention for Facebook posts
Indian journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem was arrested because of Facebook posts where he criticised the government.
Urgent action outcomes 28 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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How I start writing, Jordan StephensIn this video, Jordan Stephens share with us what it is like to write to write poetry and how he started writing.
Poetry resource, Further education resources, Secondary education resources, Creative resource 24 Jan 2019 -
Urgent Action: Journalist arbitrarily detained incommunicado
Amade Abubacar, a journalist at Nacedje community radio, was arrested on 5 January 2019, by the police.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jan 2019 -
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
