Urgent Action: Activist held immediately after returning home in Zambia
Fumba Chama, known as Pilato, was arrested on 16 May on arrival at Kenneth Kaunda Airport in Lusaka.
Urgent Action: Men convicted for exercising freedom of speech in Somaliland
Two men have been convicted for publicly exercising their rights to the freedom of expression.
Urgent Action: Serious health concerns for prisoner of conscience in Vietnam
Trần Anh Kim's health is deteriorating and according to his wife, “may not survive his lengthy imprisonment”
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.
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.
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.
Urgent Action: Five activists arrested for organising protests in Niger
Five activists were arrested between 15 and 25 April in Niger.
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.
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
Petition calling on the Iranian authorities to release Esmail Abdi immediately!
Esmail Abdi faces 6 years in one of Iran’s most brutal prisons just for defending workers’ rights. He’s now on hunger str