Urgent Action update: Report in Uzbekistan finds no torture despite visible bruises
The trial of journalist, Bobomurod Abdullayev began on 7 March.
Urgent Action update: Health of Indian activist with disabilities deteriorates
Activist and teacher, G N Saibaba, who is paralysed, continues to be denied access to adequate medical treatment.
Urgent Action good news: Indigenous defender in Ecuador no longer under threat
Indigenous defender Patricia Gualinga is no longer considered under imminent threat.
Trainer Resource: Intro to Amnesty and Human Rights 2018
Urgent Action: Sudanese activist at imminent risk of deportation from Saudi Arabia
Sudanese political activist at risk of being deported, where he would be at serious risk of torture and ill-treatment
Urgent Action: Activist in China formally arrested after 6 months
Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua was formally arrested in March on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power"
Urgent Action: Eleven people detained without charge in Ethiopia
Security forces arrested & detained 11 people including a lawyer, journalists, bloggers, opposition members & academics
Urgent Action good news: Indigenous peoples advocate released on bail in India
Upendra Nayak, a 65-year-old lawyer, was granted bail and released from custody on 23 March 2018.
Urgent Action: Egyptian defenders and journalists detained
Ezzat Ghoniem has been detained for almost a month over unfounded charges along with journalists and a lawyer.
Urgent Action: Hunger strike in Iran to protest torture in detention
Eight detainees from Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish minority began a hunger strike on in protest against torture.