Urgent Action: Execution reset in Texas, USA, despite delusional disorder
John Battaglia is due to be executed on 1 February, after trial court judge rejected the opinions of three psychologists
Urgent Action Update: Administrative detention of lawmaker renewed in Israel
Israel renews the administrative detention, without charge or trial, of female Palestinian leader
Urgent Action: Student in Norway is at risk of deportation to Afghanistan
18-year old student Taibeh Abbasi is at imminent risk of being deported to Afghanistan, a country she has never been to.
Urgent Action: Ohio prepares for its first execution of 2018
Raymond Tibbetts, aged 60, is due to be executed in Ohio on 13 February.
Urgent Action: Two young men remain disappeared in Mexico
Between 27 December and 3 January, at least seven young men disappeared in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state
Urgent Action Good News: Lesotho soldiers acquitted of mutiny charges
A Military Court Martial acquitted 22 Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Soldiers of mutiny charges
Urgent Action: Teen arrested at 14 still at risk of execution in Iran
Iranian teenager remains at risk of execution after his execution scheduled for 17 January was postponed.
Urgent Action good news: Tatar activist and prisoner of conscience released in Russia
On 27 Dec 2017, Tatar activist Rafis Kashapov was released from prison after having served the full three-year sentence
Urgent Action Update: Human rights defenders in Honduras under attack
Violence against human rights defenders monitoring and denouncing the violent repression of protests has increased