Urgent Action good news: Sudanese students released from Niss detention
Eight students who were arrested while at the office of the human rights lawyer, Nabil Adib, in Khartoum on 5 May have been released on 19 June and 21 June.
Urgent Action: Anti-impunity organization's offices raided in Guatemala
The offices of Impunity Watch in Guatemala were ransacked by unidentified armed men on 21 June. All persons working in the organization need immediate protection.
Urgent Action: Two prominent bloggers are missing in China
Lu Yuyu and his girlfriend, two bloggers who compiled and released data on protests in China, have been missing since 15 June 2016 and may be criminally detained.
Urgent Action: Chinese village leader detained ahead of assembly
Lin Zuluan, 72, a village chief in Wukan village in Guangdong province, has been detained right before a planned village assembly and protest related to illegal land grabs. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and unfair trial.
Urgent Action update: Ten Yemeni journalists forcibly disappeared
Ten Yemeni journalists have been forcibly disappeared since 23 May after they were moved from al-Habra pre-trial detention facility in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, to an unknown location. They have been arbitrarily detained since 9 June 2015.
Urgent Action update: Two more Chinese activists detained for “June 4 Baiju"
Two more activists have been detained for promoting a baijiu (a popular alcohol) with a label commemorating June 4, 1989.