Urgent Action: Mass Raid and Detention of LGBTI People in Azerbaijan
On 22 September, Azerbaijani police conducted raids on LGBTI individuals in Baku, detaining more than 100 people
Urgent Action: US embassy must urgently issue diversity visas to Yemenis in Malaysia
Yemenis who left everything behind to come to the US have been stuck in Malaysia for months due to the travel ban.
Urgent Action: Pakistani journalist attacked while driving home
Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan was driving home with his two children when he was attacked by two men on a motorbike.
Urgent Action good news: Dr Mudawi unconditionally released in Sudan
Sudanese human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was released on 29 August.
Urgent Action: Victim of acid attack faces defamation charge in Indonesia
Novel Baswedan is facing criminal defamation proceedings for an email he wrote as a union representative.
Urgent Action: Activists risk prison after peaceful protests in the DRC
Four pro-democracy Congolese activists were sentenced to eight months in prison. A fifth is still facing trial.
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender faces new charges in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab faces new charges including “inciting hatred against the regime”.