Urgent Action: Jailed musician faces trumped-up charges
On 5 May 2018, Egyptian authorities arrested 33-year-old musician Rami Sidky at Cairo International Airport.
Urgent Action good news: Prisoner of conscience released
Azerbaijani prominent blogger Mehman Huseynov was released on 2 March.
Urgent Action update: Women’s rights defender faces 34 years in jail
Prominent detained Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, faces up to 34 years in prison and 148 lashes.
Urgent Action: Three Jehovah’s witnesses at risk of torture
Russian law enforcement officials carried out raids on homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses and arrested at least 40 people.
Urgent Action: Prisoner in terminal stages of cancer
Alia Abdelnoor Mohamed Abdelnoor is serving a 10-year prison sentence and is in the terminal stages of cancer.
Urgent Action: NGOs and human rights defenders at risk
Proposed legislative reform in Guatemala would impose undue restrictions, controls and sanctions on NGOs.
Urgent Action: Protect women’s day rally in Uzhgorod
Vitalina Koval, a defender of LGBTI and women’s rights, is organising a rally on International Women’s Day in Uzhgorod.
Youth Fundraising Update: March 2019
This month's youth fundraising update features advice on how to organise a clothes swap event.
Urgent Action: Environmental rights defender killed
Samir Flores Soberanes, environmental, land and territory human rights defender, was shot dead on 20 February.