Urgent Action Good News: Gazan’s second leg saved from being amputated in Israel/OPT
Israeli Supreme Court ruled that 20-year-old journalist must be permitted to leave Gaza for urgent medical care.
Urgent Action: Religious teacher arbitrarily detained in Sudan
Matar Younis Ali Hussein, a visually impaired religious teacher, was arrested by the Sudanese NISS on 1 April
Urgent Action Good News: Two government critics released in Ethiopia
Seyoum Teshome and Taye Dendea were released from Maekelawi prison on 16 April without being charged
Urgent Action: Human rights defender threatened at her home in India
Pavitri Manjhi has faced continued threats, harassment and intimidation in relation to her peaceful activism.
Urgent Action Update: Prisoner of Conscience on trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
On 11 April 2018, Ahmed Mansoor appeared before a court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for his second trial
Urgent Action: Administrative detention of NGO worker renewed in Israel
Abdul Razeq Farraj, an NGO worker, has been held by Israel without charge or trial for 325 days.
Urgent Action: Dozens left homeless after forced eviction in Swaziland
Dozens of people, including 33 children, were left homeless after their homes were demolished using bulldozers
Urgent Action: Sudanese activist at imminent risk of deportation from Saudi Arabia
Sudanese political activist at risk of being deported, where he would be at serious risk of torture and ill-treatment
Urgent Action: Activist in China formally arrested after 6 months
Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua was formally arrested in March on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power"
Urgent Action: Eleven people detained without charge in Ethiopia
Security forces arrested & detained 11 people including a lawyer, journalists, bloggers, opposition members & academics