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Resource pack: Lift Off (Irish)

Ten lessons in Irish to build knowledge of human rights issues, drawing on skills and attitudes developed by The Right Start.

Resource pack: Me, You, Everyone (Irish)

Ten lessons in Irish focusing on knowledge of human rights issues, developing the skills and attitudes acquired from previous resources.

Urgent Action update: Beaten and still detained after bail was paid in Egypt

One week since Islam Khalil’s bail of 50,000 Egyptian pounds (US$5,510) was paid, the 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture has yet to be released.

1st update on UA 187/16 issued 30/08/2016

Urgent Action good news: Defamation investigation suspended in Indonesia

Indonesian police suspended their investigation into a defamation complaint against human rights activist Haris Azhar.

1st update on UA 189/16 issued 30/08/2016

Local Group Monthly Mailings 2016

Local Groups Monthly Mailing

Urgent Action: 14-Year-Old Egyptian boy tortured to confess

Egypt’s National Security Agency subjected 14-year-old Aser Mohamed to enforced disappearance for 34 days. The boy claims that he was tortured and ill-treated to confess to offences he did not commit.

UA 197/16 issued 30/08/2016

Urgent Action: Activists summoned by police risk imprionment in Thailand

Police have summoned six individuals, including two staff of a human rights organization, in relation to a criminal investigation into a “Speak for Freedom” event held on 31 July. All six are expected to report to the police station on 31 August.

UA 199/16 issued 30/08/2016

Urgent Action good news: Disappeared man freed from secret detention in Ukraine

Dmytro Koroliov was released on 2 August after spending one year in secret detention in the Security Service of Ukraine compound in Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine.

UA 180/16 issued 29/08/2016

Urgent Action: Five men in secret detention in Ukraine

Authorities must urgently release five men believed to be in secret detention in the Security Service’s compound in Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine.

UA 200/16 issued 29/08/2016

Urgent Action update: Detained Chinese activist end hunger strike

Imprisoned Chinese Human Rights Defender Yang Maodong (better known by his pen name Guo Feixiong) ended his hunger strike on 18 August after being moved to another prison and promised humane treatment.

3rd update on UA 99/16 issued 29/08/2016