Urgent Action: Thousands in need of urgent protection
People from Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Bojayá, Chocó face live-threatening forced displacement risks.
UA 52/19 issued 18/04/2018
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Urgent Action: Yemeni academic held incommunicado
Professor and political figure Youssef al-Bawab has been held in incommunicado detention since 2 April 2019.
UA 51/19 issued 18/04/2019
Urgent Action update: Tiananmen “baijiu” activist sentenced to jail
Sichuan activist Chen Bing was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
5th update on UA 138/16 issued 18/04/2019
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist formally charged
Journalist Amade Abubacar has formally been charged.
4th update on UA 01/19 issued 18/04/2019
Urgent Action update: Activist and opposition members await trial
Activist Rashid Mahiya and opposition Members of Parliament, Charlton Hwende and Joanna Mamombe are awaiting trial.
1st update on UA 34/19 issued 11/04/2019
Urgent Action: Falun Gong high school teacher detained
Falun Gong practitioner chemistry teacher Chen Yan is facing a trial for distributing Falun Gong materials on the street.
UA 50/19 issued 15/04/2019
Urgent Action: Bloggers held for condemning corruption
Bloggers Cheikh Jiddou and Abderrahmane Weddady were arbitrarily arrested on 22 March in Nouakchott.
UA 49/19 issued 12/04/2019
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.
2nd update on UA 212/17 issued 15/04/2019
Urgent Action good news: Anti-military peaceful protester released early
Activist Tin Maung Kyi was released 13 days early on 29 March 2019 after serving six months and two days in prison.
1st update on UA 188/18 issued 12/04/2019
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.
Correction on UA 47/19 issued 09/04/2019