Urgent Action update: Dalit rights activist still detained without charge in India
Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, a prominent Dalit rights activist, is still being held in administrative detention.
Urgent Action: Human rights defenders arrested and detained in Niger
Four human rights defenders were among a group of people arrested and detained on by security forces in Niamey, Niger.
Urgent Action update: Ten students remanded for anti-war protest in Turkey
Three separate Istanbul courts have remanded in prison a total of ten Boğaziçi University students.
Urgent Action update: Report in Uzbekistan finds no torture despite visible bruises
The trial of journalist, Bobomurod Abdullayev began on 7 March.
Urgent Action update: Health of Indian activist with disabilities deteriorates
Activist and teacher, G N Saibaba, who is paralysed, continues to be denied access to adequate medical treatment.
Urgent Action good news: Indigenous defender in Ecuador no longer under threat
Indigenous defender Patricia Gualinga is no longer considered under imminent threat.
Trainer Resource: Intro to Amnesty and Human Rights 2018
Urgent Action: Sudanese activist at imminent risk of deportation from Saudi Arabia
Sudanese political activist at risk of being deported, where he would be at serious risk of torture and ill-treatment
Urgent Action: Activist in China formally arrested after 6 months
Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua was formally arrested in March on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power"
Urgent Action: Eleven people detained without charge in Ethiopia
Security forces arrested & detained 11 people including a lawyer, journalists, bloggers, opposition members & academics