Urgent Action: Hundreds left homeless by forced evictions in Uganda
Ugandan soldiers have been forcibly evicting communities in the Apaa area. So far, more than 250 homes have been burnt.
UA 96/18 issued 15/05/2018
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Urgent Action: Three land defenders killed in Guatemala, others at risk
Three land and territory defenders from different communities in Guatemala were killed in less than a week.
UA 97/18 issued 14/05/2018
Urgent Action update: Defender's detention extended again in Russia
The pre-trial detention of Oyub Titiev has been extended for another month, until 9 June.
2nd update on UA 5/18 issued 14/05/2018
Urgent Action: Five activists arrested for organising protests in Niger
Five activists were arrested between 15 and 25 April in Niger.
UA 93/18 issued 14/05/2018
Urgent Action: Intellectual disability claim as execution set in Texas, USA
Courts have rejected the claim of intellectual disability and the execution has been set for 2st 1 June.
UA 100/18 issued 16/05/2018
Urgent Action: Violent disruption threatens Equality Festival in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Police advised the organizers of the Equality Festival to move it away from the city centre
UA 099/18 issued 16/05/2018
Urgent Action: Forcibly married, raped girl sentenced to death in Sudan
Nineteen year old, Noura Hussein Hamad Daoud, was sentenced to death on 10 May for killing her husband in self-defence.
UA 95/18 issued 15/05/2018
Urgent Action update: Guantánamo transfer policy under wraps
The US Secretary of Defense has sent the White House his policy recommendations on detainee transfers to Guantánamo.
1st update on UA 42/18 issued 11/05/2018
Urgent Action good news: Ankara pride march no longer at risk
The student-organized Pride march gathering hundreds of university students went ahead peacefully on 11 May.
1st update on UA 83/18 issued 11/05/2018
Urgent Action: Peaceful protester in pre-trial detention in Russia
On 7 May, Dzerzhinsky District Court in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, remanded Mikhail Tsakunov in pre-trial detention.
UA 90/18 issued 10/05/2018