Urgent Action update: Activists at risk of prison term in Chad
Four activists will be standing trial for planning to organise peaceful demonstrations to protest against the president of Chad.
Urgent Action: Political leader at imminent risk of execution in Bangladesh
Political leader, Motiur Rahman Nizami, is at imminent risk of execution following court decision to uphold his death sentence.
Urgent Action update: Refugees shamefully trapped in Greece
Thousands remain stranded in Greece in dreadful conditions. EU Member States urgently accept refugees from Greece.
Urgent Action: Ukrainian lawyers targeted for their work at risk
Two Ukrainian lawyers are under pressure from the authorities because of a high profile case they are working on.
Urgent Action update: Prison for activists in Democratic Republic of Congo
Six LUCIA activists had their prison sentence reduced from two years to six months on 4 March by an appeal court.
Urgent Action update: Refugee transferred from airport in Turkey still at risk
The Syrian refugee who had been arbitrarily detained in Atatürk Airport for more than one year was transferred on 19 March 2016.
Urgent Action: Journalist risks death penalty for tweets in Saudi Arabia
Journalist and prisoner of conscience, Alaa Brinji is on trial charged with apostasy and risks being sentenced to death.
Urgent Action: Journalist Jia Jia feared detained in China
Prominent journalist Jia Jia, who called for President Xi Jinping to resign, went missing while he was at the Beijing airport.
Urgent Action: Stop amendment banning same-sex marriage in Georgia
Proposed change to Georgia's constitution will define marriage explicitly as between a man and a woman.
Urgent Action: Ten civil society activists harassed in Sudan
Activists at the centre for Training and Human Development in Khartoum had to report daily to the security services.