Urgent Action Update: Prosecutor calls for death penalty in mass trials in Egypt
The prosecutor in the “Rabaa dispersal” case has called for sentencing of 739 defendants, including Shawkan, to death.
Urgent Action: 12 assumed transgender people publicly tortured in Indonesia
Individuals assumed to be transgender women by the North Aceh Police Force were arrested, humiliated and tortured
Urgent Action Update: Twelve men at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia
Twelve Saudi Arabian men are at imminent risk of execution after the Supreme Court ratified their death sentences.
Urgent Action: Father appeals for son’s life to be spared in Texas, USA
Thomas Whitaker, aged 38, is due to be executed in Texas on 22 February. His father is appealing for his son's clemency.
Urgent Action Update: New threats against indigenous community in Kenya
The Sengwer Indigenous community are facing new threats of eviction
Urgent Action Update: Death sentence of veteran activist upheld in China
Xu Youchen is facing imminent execution after the Henan Provincial Higher People’s Court rejected his appeal
Urgent Action: Criminalization of peaceful protesters in Thailand
Peaceful protesters in Thailand are at risk of arrest and up to eight years’ imprisonment
Urgent Action Update: threats to journalist reporting disappearances in Mexico
On 19 January reporter published videos from surveillance cameras suggesting that police were involved in disappearances
Urgent Action: Azeri activist conscripted despite ill-health in Azerbaijan
Ulvi Hasanli was exempted from military service until 2019, however late in October the decision was reversed
Urgent Action: 21-year old man arrested at 16 at risk of execution in Iran
Abolfazl Naderi was 16 years old at the time of his arrest and was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial