Urgent Action: US national sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
US national Robert Slaten was sentenced to death on 13 July in Saudi Arabia on appeal.
Urgent Action: Activists in Vietnam held incommunicado may face life in prison
Three Vietnamese activists are being held incommunicado at B14 prison in Hà Nội after their arrests on 30 July 2017.
Urgent Action: Chechen man's whereabouts in Russia unknown
Imran Salamov is a 39-year old Chechen man who was forcibly returned from Belarus to Russia on 5 September.
Urgent Action: Religious minority leader arrested in Algeria
Mohamed Fali, the president of the Ahmadiyya religious community, was arrested in Algeria on 28 August.
Urgent Action: Couple in Egypt held in solitary confinement for 66 days
Ola al-Qaradawy and her husband Hossam Khalaf have been detained in solitary confinement since 3 July.
Urgent Action update: Taiwan NGO worker to be tried for subversion in China
Lee Ming-cheh will be tried for subversion by a court in Yueyang city, Hunan province.
Urgent Action: Call on Ohio governor to rethink clemency
Gary Otte is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on 13 September. He was sentenced to death in October 1992 for two murders.
Urgent Action good news: Palestinian circus performer released
Palestinian circus performer and teacher Mohamed Faisal Abu Sakha was released on 30 August.
Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabian prisoner of conscience on trial
Saudi Arabian activist Issa al-Nukheifi was brought to trial before the counter-terror court on 21 August.
Urgent Action good news: Security measures for defender implemented in Mexico
Authorities have implemented some security measures for Mario Luna, human rights defender.