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Canada: energy sector development in British Columbia putting indigenous women at risk - new reportPress release 03 Nov 2016
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Iraq: tribal militia carrying out revenge attacks in Mosul operationPress release 02 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience writes of torture in Russian Federation
In a letter addressed to his wife and published on a news website on 1 November, prisoner of conscience Ildar Dadin revealed that prison staff, including the director of the prison colony in Segezha, in the Karelia region of Russia, have beaten and…
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Azerbaijan: youth activist jailed for ten years after spraying graffiti on former president's statuePress release 26 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action update: Stop execution of man with mental disability in Pakistan
Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner with a mental disability, is at imminent risk of execution. Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejected on 20 October his latest appeal to halt the execution on the ground that he has paranoid schizophrenia.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Harsh sentencing puts man at risk of imminent execution in China
The Supreme People’s Court approved a death sentence which could result in the execution of Jia Jinglong at any time. According to lawyers, mitigating factors of his case were not taken into account during sentencing.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
300 civilians killed in just 11 US-led coalition air strikes in Syria - new analysisPress release 25 Oct 2016
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Iranian writer jailed for her anti-stoning storyPress release 24 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action update: Jailed Kurdish woman at risk of going blind in Iran
Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian, who is serving a life sentence imposed after a grossly unfair trial, is at risk of losing her eyesight in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: 15-year-boy's trial adjourned, still detained in Egypt
The trial of 15-year-old Aser Mohamed has been adjourned to 16 November.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Oct 2016 -
London: relatives to hand in petitions calling for release of family members jailed in IranPress release 22 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action update:Ali Isa Al-Tajer's trial adjourned to 3 November in Bahrain
Ali Isa al-Tajer’s trial on terrorism charges began on 23 August. The judge did not respond to the allegation that his confessions were extracted under torture.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Fears for safety of murder victim's family in Venezuela
Luis Urbano, son of human rights defender José Luis Urbano, was murdered by police officers in the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela, on 10 October. The safety of his family is at risk.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2016 -
Iraq: Fleeing civilians being punished for Daesh’s crimes"I saw two people die in front of my eyes" - fleeing civilians punished by militia for Daesh crimes
18 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Female detainees sexually attacked in prison in Somalia
For the past month, female detainees at Gabiley prison have complained of sexual violence, including rape, and other forms of torture and ill-treatment by the male guards at the prison.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Student leader's fate and whereabouts unknown in Pakistan
24-year-old student leader Shabbir Baloch may have been subjected to enforced disappearance by the security forces during a day-long military operation in Gwarkop in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Iran: Kurdish child bride convicted after unfair trial could be executed this weekPress release 11 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action: Family imprisoned for selling poppy seed in Russian Federation
Four members of the Polukhin family were accused of drug trafficking in 2010 for selling culinary poppy seeds and each sentenced to eight years in prison after an unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Imminent execution of 22-year-old Iranian woman in Iran
Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, is at risk of execution following an unfair trial in which she was convicted of the murder of her husband. She was 17 years old at the time of the crime. She could be executed as early as 13…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
No more torture on your doorstepFor too long companies have been able to profit from human suffering - advertising and trading torture equipment to known human rights abusers outside the EU. Today, after more than ten years of campaigning, the EU has finally voted to tighten these…
Blog post 04 Oct 2016
