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Urgent Action outcome: Detainees no longer in police custody
All detainees held at the police’s anti-terrorism branch in Urfa have been either released or sent to prison custody.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Incommunicado detainee at risk of torture
Lebanese detainee Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui has been held incommunicado since 11 April 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Dozens at risk of torture in police detention
A group of 47 people, including men, women and three children, were detained between 18 and 21 May.
Urgent action outcomes 29 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Verdict issued against Lebanese men
On 15 May 2019, the Federal Appeal Court in Abu Dhabi issued its verdict in the case of 11 Lebanese men.
Urgent action outcomes 29 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience tortured to confess
Journalist and human rights defender Nguyen Van Hoa was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison in December 2017
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed academic needs urgent medical care
Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali needs urgent specialized medical care unavailable inside prison.
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2019 -
UK's torture record 'rightly criticised' by United Nations“The UN has rightly criticised the UK’s increasingly worrying record over failing to deal with torture."
Press release 17 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh risk being sentenced to prison.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Two men at risk of execution
On 6 May 2019, the Bahraini Court of Cassation upheld the convictions and death sentences of two prisoners.
Urgent action outcomes 13 May 2019 -
Saudi Arabia's crackdown on women's rights - a year onExpert panel will discuss plight of Loujain al-Hathloul and others
Press release 10 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Ahwazi Arab men at risk of execution
Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Abdullah, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, are facing the death penalty.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Stop prosecution of Jehovah’s witnesses
The criminal proceedings against Jehovah’s Witnesses Artur Severinchik, Yevgeniy Fedin and Sergei Loginov are ongoing.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese labour activist held incommunicado
Wei Zhili, editor of “New Generation” (xinshengdai), was transferred to secret incommunicado detention on 20 April 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Yemeni academic held incommunicado
Professor and political figure Youssef al-Bawab has been held in incommunicado detention since 2 April 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Disappeared activist at risk of torture
Gao Zhisheng, a former prisoner of conscience and human rights lawyer, is subject to enforced disappearance.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action correction: Human rights defender on hunger strike
Ahmed Mansoor has been on hunger strike for over three weeks in protest of his prison conditions and his unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Apr 2019 -
Julian Assange should not be extradited to USAPress release 11 Apr 2019
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Urgent Action: Human rights defender on hunger strike
Ahmed Mansoor has been on hunger strike for over three weeks in protest of his prison conditions and his unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Three face jail for peaceful protest
The trial against Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Viacheslav Shashmin is expected to start in May.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: Former prosecutor general risks torture
Rashitjon Kadirov and 12 co-defendants are standing trial in closed-door criminal proceedings.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2019
