Urgent Action: Arbitrary arrests following state of emergency in the Maldives
Five people have been arrested since the Government of Maldives declared a State of Emergency on 5 February 2018
Youth Group Action - February 2018
Send a message of solidarity to Ali Aarrass.
Urgent Action update: Kurdish man sentenced to death after unfair trial
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi has been on hunger strike since 27 January.
Urgent Action good news: Student held in solitary confinement released in Sudan
Naser Aldeen Mukhtar Mohamed was released without charge on 28 January.
Urgent Action update: Serious health concerns for detained politician in Cambodia
Kem Sokha, president of the dissolved main opposition party, was denied bail on appeal on 1 February.
Urgent Action: Two sentenced to death in Belarus
Two men were sentenced to death in Belarus on after their sentences of life imprisonment were quashed on appeal.
Urgent Action update: Texas execution goes ahead
John Battaglia, aged 62, was executed in Texas on 1 February.
Urgent Action update: Trail of Nubian activists adjourned in Egypt
The State Security Emergency Court adjourned the trial of 32 Nubian activists to 27 February where a sentence is expected
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience denied vital medication in Egypt
Hanan Badr el-Din, currently in prison on spurious charges, is being denied necessary health care.
Urgent Action update: Fears for activist held incommunicado in China
First detained on 2 September 2017, human rights defender Zhen Jianghua has not yet been allowed access to his lawyer.