Urgent Action: Bangladeshi academic whereabouts unknown
Mubashar Hasan, a prominent Bangladeshi academic, has not been seen or heard from since 7 November.
Urgent Action update: Forcibly returned activist in China at greater torture risk
Without any notification to his family, Dong Guangping has been moved to a new detention centre.
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.