Urgent Action: Human rights lawyer, activists arbitrarily detained in Tanzania
Thirteen health and human rights activists, including two South Africans and one Ugandan, have been detained.
Urgent Action update: Drop charges against human rights defenders in Israel/OPT
Farid al-Atrash and Issa Amro are facing their next two court hearings on 29 October and 5 November.
Urgent Action: Iranian prisoner of conscience critically ill
Mohammad Nazari, who has been unjustly languishing in prison for over two decades, is critically ill.
Urgent Action: Death threats for human rights lawyer in India
Dalit lawyer and human rights defender, Rajat Kalsan, faces fabricated charges and death threats due to his work.
Urgent Action: Taiwan NGO worker faces life imprisonment in China
Lee Ming-cheh was seen “confessing” on camera to charges of “subversion” during his trial.
Urgent Action update: Activists indicted for peaceful assembly in Thailand
Five student activists, a land rights activist and two human rights lawyers face six months imprisonment and unfair trial
Urgent Action update: Lesotho soldiers risk facing a fresh trial
The Court Martial of the Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) soldiers facing mutiny charges been postponed.
Ugent Action Update: Fifteen released, five still arbitrarily detained in South Sudan
Fifteen of the 21 released. Five men remain arbitrarily detained at the NSS headquarters, while one has been charged.
Urgent Action: Man held in South Sudan in poor conditions, denied family visits
James Gatdet, who was unlawfully transferred from Kenya, has been charged with several offenses among them ‘Treason’