Urgent Action good news: President pardons two men sentenced to death
James Gatdet and William Endley received a presidential pardon on 31 October 2018.
Urgent Action update: Life sentence for Bahraini opposition leader
On 4 November 2018, the Bahraini Appeal Court sentenced opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, to life imprisonment.
Urgent Action: Activist charged for peaceful anti-military protest
Tin Maung Kyi detained for peaceful solo protest calling on the international community to arrest senior Myanmar generals
Urgent Action update: Death sentences quashed, retrial ordered
On 22 October 2018, Bahrain’s Cassation Court overturned the death sentences it had confirmed in 2015 against two men.
Urgent Action: Human rights defender brutally attacked
Alfredo Okenve, an Equatorial Guinea human rights defender was brutally attacked on 27 October by unknown armed men.
Urgent action update: Students’ trial ongoing, despite apology to Erdoğan
Urgent Action: Indigenous environmental rights defender killed
Julián Carrillo was shot death on 24 October after death threats for defending the territory of his indigenous community.
Urgent Action: NGOs in India at risk of shut down
On 25 October 2018, Amnesty India endured a ten-hour-long raid as a group of officers locked them in.
Urgent Action: 80-year-old egyptian’s death sentence upheld
Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld death sentence of Sheikh Abdel Rehim Abdel Halim Gabreel – an 80-year-old Quran tutor.