Urgent Action update: Thirteen protesters freed, fifty held arbitrarily
Judge ordered the provisional release of 13 protesters ruling that their arrest without a warrant was illegal.
Urgent Action bad news: Executions not resumed after prisoner found dead
State of Nevada did not resume executions after individual on death row found dead in his cell of an "apparent suicide".
Urgent Action update: Journalist arrested twice in 6 weeks
Maria Ressa, human rights defender and executive editor of online news outlet Rappler, was arrested again on 29 March.
Urgent Action: Venezuelan refugees persecuted and deported
On 17 March, police and immigration officers arbitrarily detained 14 Venezuelan refugees (three women and 11 men).
Urgent Action: Eight Lebanese men facing an unfair trial
Eight Lebanese men were arbitrarily detained in the United Arab Emirates between December 2017 and February 2018.
Urgent Action: Labour activist detained without lawyer
Wei Zhili, taken away from his home by the police has no access to a lawyer and is at risk of torture.
Urgent Action good news: Police protects women’s day rally
The International Women’s Day rally organised by human rights defender Vitalina Koval in Uzhgorod was a success.
Urgent Action outcome: Chechen human rights defender jailed
The Shali City Court sentenced Oyub Titiev to four years in penal colony under fabricated drug-related charges.
Urgent Action update: Two Jehovah’s witnesses still detained
Artur Severinchik was released from detention on 15 March following the Khanty-Mansiisk Regional Court’s decision.
Urgent Action: Protect rights of juvenile prisoners
Emil Astrauko and Vasily Sauchanka are held in juvenile prison in Belarus in conditions which violate their human rights.