Urgent Action update: Human rights activists in the DRC sentenced in unfair trial
Amnesty International believes that the court’s decision against the four human rights activists is baseless.
Urgent Action: Community in Nigeria drinking polluted water
The oil company Shell must ensure a regular supply of safe water to people in the oil-producing Niger Delta in Nigeria.
Urgent Action update: Lawyer at risk granted protection measures in Chile
Chilean human rights defender and lawyer Karina Riquelme is no longer considered under imminent threat.
Urgent Action update: Two relatives of environmental members killed in Colombia
On 22 September, two relatives of members of the Rios Vivos Movement were killed in Antioquia, Colombia.
Urgent Action update: Lawyer at risk for defending indigenous people in Chile
Lawyer Karina Riquelme was again intimidated by Chilean police intelligence agents several times because of her work.
Urgent Action update: Whereabouts of human rights lawyer unknown in Egypt
Human rights defenders Ezzat Ghoniem and Azzoz Mahgoub have been forcibly disappeared since 14 September.
Urgent Action: NGO worker under administrative detention in Israel/OPT
Ayman Nasser of Palestinian NGO Addameer, has been issued a six-month administrative detention order.
Urgent Action update: Shuhuh tribe members expect verdict in unfair trial in Oman
An Omani court expected to issue its verdict in the case of four detainees from the province of Musandam.
Urgent Action: Ex-minister arbitrarily held after book release in Eritrea
Former Eritrean Minister of Finance, Berhane Abrehe, was taken to an undisclosed location by security agents.
Urgent Action: Tennessee man at imminent risk of execution
Edmund Zagorski was scheduled to be executed on 11 October in Tennessee, using a new three-drug lethal injection.