Urgent Action good news: Opposition member released from Sudan prison
Radwan Daoud, a dual national of the US and Sudan, was released without charge from Kober Prison on 18 January.
Urgent Action good news: Supreme court blocks execution in Alabama
The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution in the case of Vernon Madison.
Urgent Action Good News: Peaceful protesters and activists released in Egypt
Human rights activist and former Prisoner of Conscience Mahienour el-Masry and labour activist Moatasem Medhat acquitted
Urgent Action: Execution reset in Texas, USA, despite delusional disorder
John Battaglia is due to be executed on 1 February, after trial court judge rejected the opinions of three psychologists
I Welcome - Families Together campaign
Refugee families, separated by war and persecution, are being kept apart by restrictive UK rules on family reunion. On Fr
Urgent Action Update: Administrative detention of lawmaker renewed in Israel
Israel renews the administrative detention, without charge or trial, of female Palestinian leader
Urgent Action: Student in Norway is at risk of deportation to Afghanistan
18-year old student Taibeh Abbasi is at imminent risk of being deported to Afghanistan, a country she has never been to.
Urgent Action: Ohio prepares for its first execution of 2018
Raymond Tibbetts, aged 60, is due to be executed in Ohio on 13 February.
Urgent Action: Two young men remain disappeared in Mexico
Between 27 December and 3 January, at least seven young men disappeared in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state
Urgent Action Good News: Lesotho soldiers acquitted of mutiny charges
A Military Court Martial acquitted 22 Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Soldiers of mutiny charges