Urgent Action update: Serious health concerns for detained politician in Cambodia
Kem Sokha, president of the dissolved main opposition party, was denied bail on appeal on 1 February.
Urgent Action: Two sentenced to death in Belarus
Two men were sentenced to death in Belarus on after their sentences of life imprisonment were quashed on appeal.
Urgent Action update: Texas execution goes ahead
John Battaglia, aged 62, was executed in Texas on 1 February.
Urgent Action update: Trail of Nubian activists adjourned in Egypt
The State Security Emergency Court adjourned the trial of 32 Nubian activists to 27 February where a sentence is expected
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience denied vital medication in Egypt
Hanan Badr el-Din, currently in prison on spurious charges, is being denied necessary health care.
Urgent Action update: Fears for activist held incommunicado in China
First detained on 2 September 2017, human rights defender Zhen Jianghua has not yet been allowed access to his lawyer.
Urgent Action: Health fears for detained Hong Kong bookseller in China
Gui Minhai was on a train headed to Beijing to seek formal diagnosis for a neurological condition when he was seized
Urgent Action: Bombing near indigenous territory in Chocó, Colombia
Nearby communities are currently forcibly displaced as fear of new operations threaten the population.
Book and Activities: Alpha
Powerful graphic novel of one man’s journey from Côte d’Ivoire to France in search of his wife and son.
Urgent Action: At least 14 people killed during a party in Brazil
At least 14 people were shot dead and other nine were injured while enjoying a party in Cajazeiras, on 27th January