Urgent Action: Dalit right activist held without charge in India
Chandrasekhar Azad, a prominent Dalit rights activist from India is being held in administrative detention.
Urgent Action update: Unlawful execution of Mexican national in USA
Mexican national Rubén Cárdenas Ramírez was executed in Texas late on 8 November, in violation of international law.
Urgent Action update: Florida carries out its third execution of 2017
Patrick Hannon was executed in Florida on 8 November. He was convicted in July 1991 of two murders.
Urgent Action update: Stop crackdown in Egypt against LGBTI individuals
Those in Egypt arrested for their perceived sexual orientation has risen to 76, with at least 32 sentenced to prison.
Urgent Action update: Singer-songwriter activist formally arrested in China
Xu Lin was formally arrested on 2 November while Liu Sifang, was released on bail.
Urgent Action good news: Arkansas Supreme Court stops execution
On 7 November, the Arkansas Supreme Court granted a stay of execution in the case of Jack Greene, a 62-year-old man.
Urgent Action good news: Ministry of interior drops terrorism charges in Chile
The crimes of four Indigenous Mapuche men were reclassified and no longer considered “terrorist crimes”.
Urgent Action update: Detained activist beaten and detained necessities in China
Huang Qi, founder of human rights website 64 Tianwang, has told his lawyer that he was beaten and denied necessities.
Urgent Action Update: Saudi Arabian writer Zuhair Kutbi released
On 23 June, Saudi Arabian writer Dr Zuhair Kutbi was released after serving two years in prison.
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience in Egypt dies in detention
Prisoner of conscience and Nubian activist Mohamed Saleh Sorour (aka Gamal Sorour) died in custody in Aswan on 4 November