Urgent Action: Political activist escaped abduction attempt in Indonesia
On 24 September, men in plain clothes attempted to abduct Papuan political activist Agustinus Aud at his home in Sorong, West Papua Province.
Urgent Action update: Jailed musician and filmaker on hunger strike in Iran
Iranian brothers Mehdi Rajabian and Hossein Rajabian began a hunger strike on 8 September in protest at the authorities’ refusal to allow them medical leave, as well as the decision to separate the brothers into different sections of Tehran’s Evin Prison.
Urgent Action: Falun Gong practitioner said to have been tortured in China
Falun Gong practitioner Chen Huixia was unable to stand or walk after being tortured, according to a fellow detainee. Suffering from chronic illness and poor health, she currently has no access to her family or a lawyer.
Urgent Action update: Cambodian housing rights defender released
Two Cambodian housing rights defenders were tried and convicted on 22 August for “insult of a public official”.
Urgent Action: Refuge for migrants under attack in Mexico
A soup kitchen for Mexican and Central American migrants has been vandalized in the northern Mexican city of Nogales, on the US border.
Urgent Action: Kashmiri human rights defender arbitrarily detained in India
Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, has been placed in administrative detention a day after a court ordered his release on 20 September.
Urgent Action update: Family attacked by mining company personnel in Peru
Máxima Acuña and her family, subsistence farmers in northern Peru, have reported acts of harassment and physical attacks against them by security personnel from the Yanacocha mining company.
Urgent Action update: Egyptian human rights defenders’ assets frozen
An Egyptian court has upheld an asset freeze against five human rights defenders and three NGOs.
Urgent Action update: Killings continue under President Duterte in Philippines
Approximately 3000 people have been killed by police and unknown vigilantes in the Philippines since President Duterte came into power on 30 June.
Urgent Action update: Burundian journalist is still missing
Burundian journalist, Jean Bigirimana, is still missing, two months after he was reported to have been arrested by security forces outside the capital, Bujumbura.