Urgent Action good news: Turkish academics targeted for peace appeal, released
Turkish academics were released from pre-trial detention on 22 April
Urgent Action: Chinese activist denied medical help as health failing
Prison officials denied him a medical examination and adequate medical treatment.
Urgent Action: Hundreds of protesters arrested in Egypt
Security forces arbitrarily arrested hundreds of people
Urgent Action good news: Myanmar human rights activists released
Six human rights activists have been released from prison following a Presidential pardon in Myanmar on 17 April.
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Using virtual reality headsets and 360 Syria at summer festivals
How to use virtual reality headset to showcase 360° images of Syria at festivals this summer
Urgent Action update: prisoner of conscience in Myanmar jailed for six months
U Gambira has been sentenced to six months in prison with hard labour by a court in Myanmar. There are concerns that his ongoing detention could seriously exacerbate his already serious mental health issues.
Urgent Action: Whereabouts of disappeared Iranian man unknown
The Iranian authorities have yet to establish the fate and whereabouts of Yousef Silavi, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, who has been missing since November 2009.