Urgent Action Update: Turkish medical association leaders detained
Police detained 11 members of the Turkish Medical Association’s Central Council as part of a criminal investigation
Urgent Action: Opposition member risks further ill-treatment in Gabon
Gabonese political opposition member, Bertrand Zibi Abeghe, has alleged that he was subjected to ill-treatment.
Urgent Action update: Court of cassation upholds death sentence
On 29 January, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence imposed against Maher Abbas Ahmad.
Urgent Action good news: Two memorial activists released on bail in China
Independent writers Li Xuewen and Zhan Huidong (aka “Xiaozhang” or “Headmaster”), have been release on bail.
Urgent Action: Lawyer detained for 'inciting subversion' in China
Beijing human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is currently being held under “residential surveillance in a designated location”
Urgent Action: Turkish medical association facing threats
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) and its prominent members have been subjected to threats of violence.
Urgent Action good news: Opposition member released from Sudan prison
Radwan Daoud, a dual national of the US and Sudan, was released without charge from Kober Prison on 18 January.
Urgent Action good news: Supreme court blocks execution in Alabama
The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution in the case of Vernon Madison.
Urgent Action Good News: Peaceful protesters and activists released in Egypt
Human rights activist and former Prisoner of Conscience Mahienour el-Masry and labour activist Moatasem Medhat acquitted
Urgent Action: Execution reset in Texas, USA, despite delusional disorder
John Battaglia is due to be executed on 1 February, after trial court judge rejected the opinions of three psychologists