Urgent action update: Supreme court upholds Korean activist's sentence
Kim Hye-young lost her second appeal, as the Supreme Court of South Korea upheld her two-year prison sentence. Authorities continue to refuse her outpatient treatment for mental health conditions, however her overall health situation has improved and she is due to be released in August 2017.
Urgent action update: Brothers to be executed this Friday in Malaysia
Brothers Suthar Batumalai and B. Rames Batumalai whose execution was originally scheduled for 24 February 2017, have been informed that their execution has now been set for 17 March.
First Steps resource pack
This resource is designed to support teachers to introduce human rights to children aged 3-5.
Urgent Action good news: Missing journalist reappears in Rwanda
John Ndabarasa, a journalist who had been missing since 7 August 2016, reappeared in Kigali, Rwanda and spoke to local media on 6 March.
Urgent Action update: Minority religious leaders convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia
Three followers of the ‘Millah Abraham’ religious belief have been convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to between three and five years’ imprisonment. They have all been convicted for peacefully manifesting their right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and must be immediately and unconditionally released.
Urgent Action: Virginia USA execution reset as doubts persist
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 25 April. He maintains his innocence of the 2001 murder for which he was sent to death row in 2006.
Urgent Action good news: Detained journalist in India released on bail
Santosh Yadav was released from prison on 9 March 2017, over a week after the Supreme Court of India granted him bail.
Urgent Action good news: Three human rights defenders freed in Sudan
Three human rights defenders Khalafalla A. Mukhtar, Midhat A. Hamdan and Mustafa Adam have been released after being sentenced to time served by a court in Khartoum, Sudan.
Urgent Action: Convicted of screening human rights documentary in Malaysia
Malaysian human rights defender Lena Hendry has been convicted by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate Court for the private screening of the documentary “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”. She faces up to three years imprisonment or a fine of up to RM30, 000 ($7,200 USD).
Urgent Action good news: Detainee no longer held incommunicado in Venezuela
Retired general Raúl Isaías Baduel, who has been detained in the Venezuelan military prison Ramo Verde since 12 January, has finally been allowed to meet with his lawyer and his family after being held incommunicado for a period of time, and has been brought before a relevant court of law.