Urgent Action: Opposition member alleges torture in Sudan prison
Radwan Daoud alleges that he has been subjected to torture while in the custody in Khartoum
Urgent Action Update: Human rights defender’s appealed sentence upheld in Bahrain
Two-year prison sentence upheld against human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab
Urgent Action: More activists detained for Liu Xiaobo memorial
Activists have been detained due to their participation in the July 2017 memorial for late Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Urgent Action: Human rights defender detained in Chechnya
On 9 January, police arbitrarily arrested Chechen human rights defender Oyub Titiev. He remains in detention.
Urgent Action: Two journalists face up to 14 years in Myanmar prison
Two journalists are facing up to 14 years in prison in connection with their peaceful journalistic activities
Urgent Action: Environmental activists arbitrarily jailed in Cambodia
Two environmental activists were arrested in Cambodia for filming two vessels they suspected of illegally exporting sand.
Urgent Action: Mother loses custody of kids for son's long hair in Russia
Russian authorities have removed seven children from their adoptive mother after she allowed their hair to grow long.
End Action: Poland's President approves judicial overhaul bills
On 8 December, Poland’s Parliament passed two bills which increase the government’s control of the judiciary.
Urgent Action: Head of dissolved main opposition party jailed
On 3 September, Kem Sokha, president of the dissolved main opposition party, was arrested at his house in Tuol Kork
Urgent Action: Egypt continues to arrest government critics
On 16 November, security agents in plain clothes arrested Egyptian social media figure Islam al-Refaei