Urgent Action: Jailed for reporting on workers’ protests
Iranian journalists Amir Amirgholi, Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Mohammadifar arbitrarily detained since January.
Urgent Action: Indigenous community at risk of eviction
The Tekoha Sauce Indigenous community in Paraguay are, once again, at risk of eviction from their ancestral territory.
Urgent Action: National guard harasses migrant shelter
Rise of concerning behaviours that could put as risk the rights of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and HRDs in Mexico.
Urgent Action: Four women jailed for attending may day rally
Iranian activists Anisha Assadolahi, Atefeh Rangriz and Neda Naji and Iranian journalist Marzieh Amiri detained.
Urgent Action: Palestinian held in airport risks deportation
Palestinian refugee from Syria, Mohamed Ajlani Younes has been held arbitrarily and in poor conditions in Istanbul.
Urgent Action: Lawyer sentenced to over 29 years in prison
Human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been sentenced to 29 years and three months in prison and 111 lashes.
Urgent Action: Human rights defender at risk
Danelly Estupiñan has been followed by two unknown men for the past seven months because of her human rights work.
Urgent Action outcome: Detainee released
Gilber Caro was released on 17 June 2019, prior to a United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner’s visit to Venezuela.
Urgent Action: Artisanal miners at risk as the army moves in
10,000 artisanal miners are at risk of serious human rights violations if removed from a mining area where they work.
Urgent Action update: Journalist's hearing adjourned again
For the third time now, the Cabo Delgado Provincial Court postponed the pre-trial hearing of journalist Amade Abubacar.