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
Urgent Action Update: Court upholds death sentences of two men in Egypt
The Supreme Military Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences of two men, who are now at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent Action: Students detained for anti-war protest in Turkey
11 students from Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University, who attended a small peaceful campus protest remain in police custody.