Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's trial postponed to 31 October in Bahrain
The High Criminal Court has postponed its verdict in the case of Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab to 31 October.
Urgent Action update: Four released on bail, five still detained in Togo
Two prisoners of conscience and two other men have been released on bail in Dapaong, Northern Togo.
Urgent Action update: Four released on bail, five still detained in Togo
Two prisoners of conscience and two other men have been released on bail in Dapaong, Northern Togo.
Urgent Action: Hundreds stranded on Mexico–US border at risk
Hundreds of displaced Haitians, Africans and internally displaced Mexicans are stranded in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, many awaiting appointments with US Customs and Border Protection across the border.
Urgent Action: Imminent execution of 22-year-old Iranian woman in Iran
Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, is at risk of execution following an unfair trial in which she was convicted of the murder of her husband. She was 17 years old at the time of the crime. She could be executed as early as 13 October.
Urgent Action: Family imprisoned for selling poppy seed in Russian Federation
Four members of the Polukhin family were accused of drug trafficking in 2010 for selling culinary poppy seeds and each sentenced to eight years in prison after an unfair trial.
Urgent Action: Grave concern over Thai computer crimes act
Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly is considering amendments to the rights-restricting Computer Crimes Act (2007).
Urgent Action update: Kuwaiti Bidun rights defender imprisoned
On 20 September, the Misdemeanours Court of Cassation upheld a sentence of one year’s imprisonment and deportation of ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli, a defender of the rights of the stateless Bidun community in Kuwait, for charges relating to a peaceful demonstration held in 2012.
Urgent Action update: Woman arbitrarily detained with her infant in Iraq
A woman who survived IS captivity continues to be arbitrarily detained with her infant daughter in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She was arrested on 25 October 2014.