Petition calling on the Iranian authorities to release Esmail Abdi immediately!
Esmail Abdi faces 6 years in one of Iran’s most brutal prisons just for defending workers’ rights. He’s now on hunger str
Pecyn adnoddau Camau Cyntaf (First Steps resource Welsh)
This resource in Welsh is designed to support teachers to introduce human rights to children aged 3-5.
Urgent Action: Forcibly married, raped girl sentenced to death in Sudan
Nineteen year old, Noura Hussein Hamad Daoud, was sentenced to death on 10 May for killing her husband in self-defence.
Urgent Action update: Guantánamo transfer policy under wraps
The US Secretary of Defense has sent the White House his policy recommendations on detainee transfers to Guantánamo.
Urgent Action good news: Ankara pride march no longer at risk
The student-organized Pride march gathering hundreds of university students went ahead peacefully on 11 May.
Urgent Action: Peaceful protester in pre-trial detention in Russia
On 7 May, Dzerzhinsky District Court in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, remanded Mikhail Tsakunov in pre-trial detention.
Urgent Action: Up to 20 years in Maldives prison on trumped-up charges
Ahmed Mahloof faces charges including “terrorism” and “obstruction of police duty” for taking part in peaceful protests.
Urgent Action update: Civil activist released from psychiatric facility in Kazakhstan
Ardak Ashym has been released from the psychiatric facility. The criminal investigation against her is still ongoing.
Urgent Action: Human rights activist unable to leave Equatorial Guinea
Ramón Esono Ebalé remains unable to leave Equatorial Guinea due to authorities failing to provide him with a passport.
Urgent Action good news: Activist's not guilty verdict upheld on appeal in South Korea
Lee Jin-young, operator of the online library ‘Labour Books’, was found not guilty.