
Urgent Action good news: Man released from psychiatric institution in Russia
Konstantin Zadoya was released on 3 August from a psychiatric hospital in Novosibirsk, western Siberia

Urgent Action: Man who did not kill set for execution in United States
Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.

Urgent Action: Man who did not kill set for execution in United States
Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.

Urgent Action good news: Disappeared man returned home in Ukraine
Kostyantyn Beskorovaynyi returned home on 25 February, having spent 15 months in secret detention.

Urgent Action: Two activists face up to 10 years' imprisonment in Thailand
Two activists were arrested on 6 August for distributing materials critical of a draft constitution. Both face up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
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Urgent Action: Accused of defamation for social media posts in Indonesia
Haris Azhar, Executive Coordinator of a leading human rights NGO in Indonesia, is being investigated for defamation for publishing on social media.

Urgent Action: Evacuate 10-year-old Syrian girl in need of surgery
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl, was shot in the leg on 2 August by a sniper at a government checkpoint in Madaya

Urgent Action: Four youth activists detained without charge in Angola
Four Angolan youth activists who are part of the Benguela Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário de Benguela) were arrested by police on the evening of 4 August.

Urgent Action: At least a thousand houses at risk of demolition in Nigeria
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria has threatened to demolish houses in Gbagyi Villa, Kaduna State, North West Nigeria.