Urgent Action update: Activist trying to seek medical care detained in China
Xing Wangli was taken away by local government personnel while he was seeking medical care and legal assistance.
Urgent Action: Saudi Arabia arrests women's rights defenders
Three prominent women human rights defenders have been arbitrarily detained incommunicado since mid-May.
Urgent Action: Protestors arrested on military coup in Thailand
15 activists face criminal proceedings and up to seven years’ imprisonment for taking part in a pro-democracy protest.
Local Group Fundraising Update: May 2018
A local group fundraising update for May 208. Featuring summer fundraising updates and an update on a lejog attempt.
Urgent Action: Human rights activist detained in Morocco
On 5 April, Moroccan authorities arrested Zine El Abidine Erradi upon his arrival from France at Agadir airport.
Urgent Action Update: Attack causes forced displacement in Colombia
The binational Indigenous Yukpa people suffered an armed attack on 17 May followed by their forced displacement
Urgent Action: Homes of religious minority destroyed by mob in Indonesia
Police evacuated at least 23 members of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in East Lombok to another town.
Urgent Action update: Execution looms for Iranian Kurdish prisoner
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi, sentenced to death in January 2018, is at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent Action: Indigenous defender killed, others at risk in Mexico
Indigenous environmental rights defender Manuel Rodríguez was found dead on 14 May. Others are at grave risk.
Urgent Action: Detained for addressing sexual harassment in Egypt
Egyptian authorities ordered the pre-trial detention of woman human rights defender Amal Fathy for a total of 30 days.