Urgent Action: Blogger convicted with 10 year prison sentence in Algeria
Blogger Merzoug Touati convicted with 10 year prison sentence in Algeria. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent Action: Qatari national arbitrarily held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
Qatari national Nawaf al-Rasheed was arbitrarily arrested in Kuwait and has been detained incommunicado in Saudi Arabia.
Urgent Action: Call on Ohio governor to stop execution
Robert Van Hook is due to be executed in Ohio on 18 July. He has been on death row for 33 years for a murder.
Urgent Action update: Iranian Kurdish woman denied medical care
Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian is being subjected to torture by the Iranian authorities.
Urgent Action: Three youths imprisoned after unfair trial in Angola
Three high school students were sentenced to seven months in prison after an unfair trial.
Urgent Action update: Detained religious leader denied family visits in Sudan
Matar Hussein, a visually impaired religious teacher, has been transferred from Kober Prison to a detention centre.
Urgent Action: Indigenous people threatened and displaced in Colombia
Over 200 indigenous Nasa Embera Chamí are currently displaced following an armed attack to a member of their community.
Urgent Action: Environmental activist imprisoned in Cuba
Dr Ariel Ruiz Urquiola, an environmental activist, was sentenced in Cuba to one-year imprisonment for contempt.