Urgent Action update: Activist tried in closed court for subversion in China
After more than 28 months in detention, prominent activist Wu Gan (pen name Tufu, ‘The Butcher’) remains incarcerated.
Urgent Action: Journalist at risk in notorious detention centre in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistani journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev was detained by the National Security Services in Tashkent.
Urgent Action: Sixth death on Manus amid Australian government inaction
The most recent death on Manus Island highlights the ongoing risks from violent attacks and inadequate health care.
Youth Group Action - October 2017
End indefinite immigration detention.
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Applications are now open for our Youth Advisory Group.
New Deadline: 29th October 2017
Urgent Action update: Executed after 33 years on death row in USA
Michael Lambrix was executed in Florida late on 5 October.
Urgent Action good news: All LGBTI people detained in mass raids in Azerbaijan released
All LGBTI persons detained during the raids carried out across Baku on 23 September have been released.
Urgent Action update: No details about detained North Koreans in China
No official information has been made available regarding eight North Koreans that have been detained in China.
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in UAE remains in solitary
Prominent Emirati human rights defender and blogger Ahmed Mansoor, his whereabouts remain unverified.