Urgent Action outcome: “National security” trials end in life sentences
Oman sentenced six defendants to life imprisonment after grossly unfair trials.
Urgent Action outcome: Mexican congress approved security reform
Mexican Congress approved a controversial Constitutional amendment to introduce a “National Guard” in Mexico.
Urgent Action outcome: Death sentences commuted to life imprisonment
Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on two death sentences.
Urgent Action update: Detained Uighur has nervous breakdown
Hankezi Zikeli detained in a “transformation-through-education” centre, believed to have suffered a nervous breakdown.
Urgent Action outcome: Mexican congress boosts arbitrary detentions
Mexican Congress passed a Constitutional amendment that force judges to order pre-trial detention in several cases.
Urgent Action update: Health concerns for prisoner of conscience
Huỳnh Trương Ca continues to suffer from illnesses behind bars including lung disease, stomach problem and diabetes.
Urgent Action good news: Poet acquitted and released
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 February.
Urgent Action good news: Palestinian lawmaker released
On 28 February 2019, Palestinian lawmaker and prominent political figure Khalida Jarrar was released.
Urgent Action update: Women activists on trial
11 women activists brought to trial at the Criminal Court in Riyadh after being detained without charge since May 2018.
Urgent Action update: Held incommunicado despite release order
Islam Khalil's family believes that he is at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment in incommunicado detention.