An estimated 200 people from Building #3 in Ulaanbaatar, including a disabled man and families with children, are in desperate need of adequate accommodation.

The detention of Ahmed Abdullah has been renewed for a further 45 days, after a Cairo criminal court accepted an appeal against his release on bail.

Negotiations continue to find a solution for the circa 80,000 refugees stranded at the ‘berm’, a desert area located along the Jordan-Syria border.

Angolan youth activist, Francisco Mapanda, was beaten by prison officials for asking that his family be informed of a prison transfer before he agreed to it.

A court upheld the conviction of Algerian activist Slimane Bouhafs for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook

The trial of two detained Omani journalists in connection with articles they published alleging corruption in the judiciary, and a third journalist for his tweets, is ongoing.

Islam Khalil, a 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture, was released on 31 August by the National Security Agency, 10 days after the prosecution ordered his release on bail.

Lu Yuyu told his lawyer that he had been beaten by police officers and is suffering from sleep deprivation.

Prisoner of conscience Ilmi Umerov was sent to a psychiatric institution “for examination” on 18 August.

Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist who was arrested on 16 April, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court.