Urgent Action update: NGO worker's arbitrary detention prolonged in Israel/OPT
An Israel court confirmed the renewal of the administrative detention of Salah Hammouri for a further four months.
Urgent Action: Threats against environmental defenders in Peru
Alleged land traffickers harass and threaten members of the Save Chaparrí Defense Front in Peru.
Amnesty CILIP Honour Award - Fundraising in Your School
Some book-themed fundraising ideas you can can do in your school.
Urgent Action update: Activist arrested in Indonesia, family suffers economic hardship
Heri Budiawan, known as Budi Pego, was sentenced to 10 months in prison for “crimes against state security.”
Urgent Action: Detainee missing in Venezuela
The fate and whereabouts of Gilber Caro, imprisoned in Venezuela for political reasons, have been unknown since 2 March.
Urgent Action update: Some critics free in Sudan, others remain in custody
About 79 opposition party members and human rights defender have been released. At least 61 others remain.
Urgent Action: Indigenous peoples advocate arrested in India for ‘sedition’
Upendra Nayak, a lawyer who defends the rights of indigenous Adivasi people, was arrested in eastern India.
Urgent Action: Withheld evidence at issue as execution nears in USA
William Montgomery is due to be executed in Ohio on 11 April for a 1986 murder he says he did not commit.
Urgent Action: 20 relative of Uighur journalist detained in China
Approximately 20 relatives of Gulchehra Hoja, a Uighur journalist, have been detained and are at risk of torture.
Urgent Action update: Maximum prison sentence for anti-Formosa activist in Vietnam
Hoàng Đức Bình was sentenced to 14 years in prison for criticising the Formosa disaster and government-critical blogging