Urgent Action update: Activist still held after release order issued
Activist Sadat Illiya Dan Malam continues to be detained after a judge of the Zinder High Court dismissed the charges.
Urgent Action update: Detainee incommunicado
Venezuelan opposition member of parliament Gilber Caro has been in incommunicado detention since 26 April 2019.
Urgent Action: Protesters at continued risk
Thousands of Haitians marched in Port-au-Prince against corruption, poverty, calling for the President's resignation.
Urgent Action: Iranian teenager at risk of execution
Danial Zeinolabedini, an 18-year-old imprisoned in Mahabad prison, West Azerbaijan province, is at risk of execution.
Urgent Action: Ensure pride marches can safely take place
On 14 June, the governorate of Izmir banned all Pride events, followed by the governorate of Antalya the next day.
Urgent Action update: Harassment of journalists continues
Seven investigative journalists have been summoned since February for questioning by the Intelligence Services.
Urgent Action: Refugees and asylum seekers held arbitrarily
17 refugees have been arbitrarily held since 17 January and are not being given necessary medical care and adequate food.
Urgent Action: Dozens of people remain in detention
Following the approval of an amnesty law by the Nicaraguan assembly, 56 people were released on 11 June 2019.
Urgent action: Human rights defenders face brutal crackdown
Cristina Palabay of Philippines-based human rights alliance Karapatan received an anonymous text message.
Urgent Action good news: Human rights defender released
On 5 April 2019, human rights defender Zine El Abidine Erradi was released after serving a one-year sentence in Agadir.