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Torture (716)
Jul 31 2019 4:27pm
Egypt: scores of hunger-striking prisoners 'at breaking point'
130 prisoners are six weeks into protest over denial of family visits ...
Jul 18 2019 1:24pm
UK: Government U-turn on torture inquiry branded 'disgraceful'
David Lidington tells Commons that Government will not allow a judge-l...
Jul 12 2019 4:13pm
Urgent Action: Jailed for reporting on workers’ protests
Iranian journalists Amir Amirgholi, Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Moh...
Jul 11 2019 3:50pm
Egypt: activists trapped in 'revolving door' of arrest and re-arrest
Al Jazeera producer among those immediately re-detained despite court ...
Jul 4 2019 2:29pm
Urgent Action outcome: Detainee released
Gilber Caro, who was disappeared, arbitrarily detained and held incomm...
Jul 3 2019 11:28am
Egypt: authorities trying to 'legalise' repression - new report
Six years since Morsi ousted, new report to UN outlines scale of Sisi’...
Jun 27 2019 1:55pm
UN General Assembly set to vote on curbing trade in torture equipment
China is major manufacturer of equipment like spiked batons, spiked el...
Jun 21 2019 4:07pm
Urgent Action outcome: Detainees no longer in police custody
All detainees held at the police’s anti-terrorism branch in Urfa provi...
May 31 2019 4:21pm
Urgent Action: Incommunicado detainee at risk of torture
Lebanese detainee Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui has been held incommunicado since...
May 29 2019 3:53pm
Urgent Action update: Verdict issued against Lebanese men
On 15 May 2019, the Federal Appeal Court in Abu Dhabi issued its verdi...