Urgent Action: Peaceful Pashtun activists face criminal cases in Pakistan
Criminal cases have been filed against Manzoor Pashteen and other leaders of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement.
Urgent Action good news: Kashmiri photojournalist released on bail in India
Kamran Yousuf was granted bail and released from prison on 14 March 2018, following six months of pre-trial detention.
Urgent Action update: Executed in USA after 32 years on death row
Carlton Gary, aged 67, was executed in Georgia on 15 March after spending almost half of his life on death row.
Urgent Action: Indigenous Yukpa people in Colombia face eviction to Venezuela
Yukpa indigenous people that crossed to Colombia are facing eviction and threat of being sent back to Venezuela.
Urgent Action update: Incommunicado Venezuelan detainee at risk
Gilber Caro, whose fate and whereabouts were unknown since 2 March, was brought to a trial hearing on 13 March.
Urgent Action: Police must protect women's rights activists in Ukraine
Across Ukraine, marches marking International Women’s Day, were marred by violence against peaceful demonstrators.
Urgent Action update: In UAE, human rights defender's whereabouts unknown
One year ago, prominent Emirati human rights defender and blogger Ahmed Mansoor, was arrested at his home.
Urgent Action: 48 asylum seekers in Mexico at risk of refoulement
48 people are at risk of being deported to possible persecution or grave human rights violations in their countries.
Urgent Action update: Two men given the death penalty in Bahrain
On 31 January, Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab and Ahmad al-Malali were sentenced to death.
Urgent Action update: 35 ill and injured evacuated from Eastern Ghouta, Syria
A further 35 patients awaiting medical evacuation in besieged Eastern Ghouta have been evacuated to Damascus city.