Urgent Action: Human rights defender brutally attacked
Alfredo Okenve, an Equatorial Guinea human rights defender was brutally attacked on 27 October by unknown armed men.
Urgent action update: Students’ trial ongoing, despite apology to Erdoğan
Urgent Action: Indigenous environmental rights defender killed
Julián Carrillo was shot death on 24 October after death threats for defending the territory of his indigenous community.
Urgent Action: NGOs in India at risk of shut down
On 25 October 2018, Amnesty India endured a ten-hour-long raid as a group of officers locked them in.
Day of the Imprisoned Writer Briefing for Scottish Parliament debate
Urgent Action: 80-year-old egyptian’s death sentence upheld
Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld death sentence of Sheikh Abdel Rehim Abdel Halim Gabreel – an 80-year-old Quran tutor.
Urgent Action Update: Two missing prisoners found; torture fears remain
On 31 October the two men were confirmed to being held at pre-trial detention centres in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Urgent Action Update: Lawmaker’s administrative detention renewed
Ofer Military Court in OPT approved the renewal of Khalida Jarrar’s administrative detention for another four months.
Urgent Action Update: Lawyer released on bail but threat of jail remains
On 23 October, Krasnodar Regional Court ordered the release of lawyer Mikhail Benyash on bail, set at about USD 10,000.