Urgent Action update: Kiryl Kazachok at risk of imminent execution in Belarus
Kiryl Kazachok has decided not to appeal the death sentence he was given on 28 December 2016 and is now at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent Action update: Doctor on hunger strike after dismissal of lawyer in Iran
Iranian academic Dr Ahmadreza Djalali has resumed his hunger strike and has said he has stopped taking liquids as well as food.
Urgent Action good news: Woman in urgent need of surgery released in Turkey
Sibel Çapraz was conditionally released from prison on 28 February. She had been in pre-trial detention for almost one year and was in need of medical treatment and an urgent operation.
Urgent Action update: Pastors face imprisonment for trumped up charges in Myanmar
Following international pressure, the Myanmar Army announced that two missing Kachin pastors, Dumdaw Nawng Lat and Langjaw Gam Seng, are now in police custody and face what Amnesty International believes to be politically motivated charges. If convicted they would face up to 6 years in prison. There are concerns for their health in detention.
Urgent Action update: Indigenous community remains displaced in Peru
The 21 families of the Asháninka Meantari Indigenous community, in the Central Peruvian rainforest, remain displaced from their land due to fear that armed individuals will return and act on the death threats they previously made.
Urgent Action: Sudanese political activist held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
Sudanese national and political activist Alaa Aldin al-Difana is currently being held incommunicado without charge, following his arrest on 26 December 2016, raising fears he could be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He requires access to a lawyer and medical care.
Urgent Action update: Crackdown on human rights defenders continues in Egypt
The El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence was raided by police and shut down on 9 February.
Urgent Action update: Activist held in solitary confinement in South Korea
Lee Jin-young is being held in solitary confinement after being formally charged under the National Security Law (NSL) for the online distribution of materials that are deemed, by South Korean authorities, to ‘benefit’ North Korea.
Urgent Action: Journalist missing for more than six months in Rwanda
Journalist John Ndabarasa was last seen in Kigali on 7 August 2016. More than six months later, there is no news on his whereabouts or on the progress of the police investigation into his disappearance.
International Women's Day 2017 campaign pack
On International Women’s Day 2017, we won’t wait whilst women are kept silent, we won’t wait for women to be liberated from abuse - and we won’t wait for women to be free - everywhere. Take action with us.