Urgent Action outcome: Monitoring of threats to lawmakers continues
Venezuelan National Assembly opposition members, as well as their families and staff continue being subjected to threats.
Urgent Action outcome: Campaign for prisoner of conscience continues
Prisoner of conscience and union leader Rubén González has been arbitrarily detained
since 29 November 2018.
Urgent Action Outcome: Activist sentenced to “restricted freedom”
Alnur Ilyashev, a Kazakhstani political and human rights activist, was
sentenced to three years of “restricted freedom”.
Urgent Action outcome: asylum-seekers allowed to disembark
Maltese authorities finally allowed the disembarkation of all asylum-seekers held on four ferry boats.
Urgent Action outcome: Man with claims of innocence executed in Missouri
Walter Barton was executed on 19 May 2020. He was on death row in Missouri, USA since 2006.
Urgent Action outcome: Journalist awaits dismissal of arbitrary charges
Charges against Darvinson Rojas have not been dropped and there has been no news on court case against him.
Outcome: Domoina Ranabosoa still faces charges
Domoina Ranabosoa currently faces charges of ‘corruption of minors under the age of 21’.
Outcome: Women human rights defenders remain on trial
Eight of the eleven activists have been temporarily released but remain on trial for their
human rights activism.
Urgent Action outcome: Supreme court confirms verdict in an unfair trial
On 17 February 2020, the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi confirmed the verdict against five Lebanese men.
Urgent Action outcome: Prisoners released having served sentences
On 5 March 2020, prisoner of conscience, Hajer Mansoor Hassan, was released from Isa Town Detention Centre for Women.