Urgent Action: Withheld evidence at issue as execution nears in USA
William Montgomery is due to be executed in Ohio on 11 April for a 1986 murder he says he did not commit.
Urgent Action: 20 relative of Uighur journalist detained in China
Approximately 20 relatives of Gulchehra Hoja, a Uighur journalist, have been detained and are at risk of torture.
Urgent Action update: Maximum prison sentence for anti-Formosa activist in Vietnam
Hoàng Đức Bình was sentenced to 14 years in prison for criticising the Formosa disaster and government-critical blogging
Urgent Action update: Health fears for relocated jailed activist in Vietnam
Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, known as blogger Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom) was secretly moved over 900km away to a prison.
Urgent Action update: Student at risk of deportation to Afghanistan from Norway
18-year old student Taibeh Abbasi is at imminent risk of being deported to Afghanistan, a country she has never been to.
Urgent Action update: Execution called off in USA, continue clemency call
Alabama called off the execution of Doyle Hamm after the lethal injection team was unable to find an accessible vein.
Urgent Action good news: Chadian youth activist unconditionally released
Alain Didah Kemba, spokesperson of the Chadian youth movement IYINA, was unconditionally released on 26 February.
Urgent Action: Oppose detainee transfers to Guantánamo
The US authorities are preparing for possible detainee transfers to the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Urgent Action good news: Texas Governor commutes death sentence
The Governor of Texas commuted the death sentence of Thomas Whitaker hours before he was due to be executed.
Urgent Action: Young human rights defenders in Iran at risk of torture
Young human rights defenders Shima Babaee and her husband Dariush Zand are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.