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Jul 4 2019 4:02pm
Urgent Action: Human rights defender at risk
Danelly Estupiñan defends the rights of the afro-descendent population...
Jul 2 2019 5:59pm
USA: authorities in 'politically-motivated' campaign against activists assisting migrants - new report
Humanitarian workers subjected to surveillance, interrogation, arrest ...
Jun 28 2019 4:29pm
Urgent Action update: Final “Umbrella Nine” activist sentenced
Lawmaker Tanya Chan has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, ...
Jun 24 2019 2:23pm
Urgent Action: Stop prosecuting peaceful protesters
On 22 May 2019, Thai authorities renewed their crackdown on peaceful p...
Jun 24 2019 11:35am
Urgent Action: Rakhine journalist in hiding, facing charges
News editor Aung Marm Oo is in hiding after being accused of violating...
Jun 21 2019 5:35pm
Urgent Action outcome: Killing of Samir Flores under investigation
The Attorney General of the State of Morelos has opened a criminal inv...
Jun 12 2019 3:50pm
Urgent action: Human rights defenders face brutal crackdown
On 22 April, Cristina Palabay of Philippines-based human rights allian...
Jun 11 2019 2:40pm
UK: School and student activists to attend parliamentary event to demand support for human rights defenders
School pupils and student activists from across the UK will attend a p...
Jun 10 2019 6:21pm
Russia: release on parole for jailed human rights head in Chechnya welcomed
Oyub Titiev, head of Memorial’s Chechnya office, was convicted of drug...
Jun 10 2019 4:09pm
Urgent Action good news: Human rights defender released
On 5 April 2019, human rights defender Zine El Abidine Erradi was rele...