Urgent Action: Pakistani Christian family at risk of deportation
A Pakistani Catholic family – ages ranging from 11 to 57 - have been arrested for overstaying their visas in Sri Lanka.
Youth Fundraising Update: June 2019
A youth fundraising update with info. on sending money raised and taking part in Football Welcomes this summer.
Urgent Action: Incommunicado detainee at risk of torture
Lebanese detainee Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui has been held incommunicado since 11 April 2019.
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience ends hunger strike
Human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor ended a month-long hunger strike in mid-April.
Urgent Action update: Verdict issued against Lebanese men
On 15 May 2019, the Federal Appeal Court in Abu Dhabi issued its verdict in the case of 11 Lebanese men.
Urgent Action update: Bedouin leader rejects conditional release
Prominent Bedouin leader Sheikh Sayyah Abu Mdeighim al-Turi’s early release was scheduled on 15 May 2019.
Urgent Action: Dozens at risk of torture in police detention
A group of 47 people, including men, women and three children, were detained between 18 and 21 May.
Urgent Action: Defamation charges for exposing labour abuse
Human rights defenders, activists, journalists and former employees are facing criminal defamation lawsuits for comments.
Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience tortured to confess
Journalist and human rights defender Nguyen Van Hoa was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison in December 2017
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