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Urgent Action good news: Kachin prisoner of conscience freed in Myanmar
Kachin prisoner of conscience Lahpai Gam has been released from prison following a Presidential amnesty on 17 April 2018.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action: Religious teacher arbitrarily detained in Sudan
Matar Younis Ali Hussein, a visually impaired religious teacher, was arrested by the Sudanese NISS on 1 April
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2018 -
The Hooded Men: torture, lies and a quest for justiceThe UK government imprisoned hundreds of men without trial during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. 14 were chosen for 'special treatment' and taken to a secret interrogation centre were they were beaten, threatened and subjected to torture.
17 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Report in Uzbekistan finds no torture despite visible bruises
The trial of journalist, Bobomurod Abdullayev began on 7 March.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action: Sudanese activist at imminent risk of deportation from Saudi Arabia
Sudanese political activist at risk of being deported, where he would be at serious risk of torture and ill-treatment
Urgent action outcomes 05 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action: Hunger strike in Iran to protest torture in detention
Eight detainees from Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish minority began a hunger strike on in protest against torture.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Court upholds death sentences of two men in Egypt
The Supreme Military Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences of two men, who are now at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights lawyer detained incommunicado in China
Beijing lawyer Yu Wensheng has been detained for more than two months without access to a lawyer of his choice.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Mar 2018 -
Court of Appeal to consider whether suspected torturers visiting UK can be given diplomatic immunityCase could have ‘far-reaching implications for diplomatic relations’
Press release 22 Mar 2018 -
UK/Ireland: Landmark judgement due in 'hooded men' torture casePress release 19 Mar 2018
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Urgent Action Update: Human Rights Defender’s detention extended in Russia
The pre-trial detention of Oyub Titiev, a prisoner of conscience has been extended for a further two months, until 9 May.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Human rights defender’s detention extended in Russia
The pre-trial detention of Oyub Titiev, a prisoner of conscience has been extended for a further two months, until 9 May.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action: 20 relative of Uighur journalist detained in China
Approximately 20 relatives of Gulchehra Hoja, a Uighur journalist, have been detained and are at risk of torture.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action: Young human rights defenders in Iran at risk of torture
Young human rights defenders Shima Babaee and her husband Dariush Zand are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Man at risk of torture if extradited from Slovakia to Russia
Aslan Yandiev is now at risk of imminent extradition to Russia following the Minister of Justice’s decision on 7 February
Urgent action outcomes 28 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Detained Chadian youth activist alleges torture
Alain Didah Kemba, spokesperson of the Chadian youth movement IYINA, was arrested on 19 February.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: 12 assumed transgender people publicly tortured in Indonesia
Individuals assumed to be transgender women by the North Aceh Police Force were arrested, humiliated and tortured
Urgent action outcomes 23 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Pro-democracy activists arbitrarily detained in DRC
Pro-democracy activists have been in arbitrary detention since 21 January. They have alleged that they were beaten.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Death sentence of veteran activist upheld in China
Xu Youchen is facing imminent execution after the Henan Provincial Higher People’s Court rejected his appeal
Urgent action outcomes 16 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defender's trial starts in Burundi
Burundian human rights defender, Germain Rukuki, is being prosecuted for ‘threatening state security’ and ‘rebellion’
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2018
