Urgent Action: Defender accused of undermining state security in Burundi
Defender Nestor Nibitanga was arrested in Gitega on 21 November.
Urgent Action update: Human rights lawyer in China sentenced to 2 years in prison
Lawyer Jiang Tianyong has been sentenced to two year of imprisonment for “inciting subversion of state power”.
Urgent Action: Egyptian ativists and prisoner of conscience in detention
Mahienour El-Masry has been detained on remand on 18 November, alongside activist Moataseem Medhat.
Urgent Action: Chechen asylum-seeker feared disappeared in Russian Federation
Chechen asylum-seeker Imran Salamov, may have been subjected to an enforced disappearance.
Urgent Action update: Rights lawyer abused and at risk of torture in China
Li Yuhan, a sixty-year-old human rights lawyer, has been formally arrested for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.
Urgent Action good news: Execution called off in death chamber in USA
The execution of Alva Campbell was called off on 15 November and the governor set a new date of for 5 June 2019.
Urgent Action update: Nubian activists in Egypt face up to five years in prison
If convicted in a trial which has been adjourned to 12 December, 32 Nubian activists could face up to 5 years in prison.
Urgent Action: 30 relatives of Uighur human rights activist arbitrarily detained in China
Chinese authorities have detained up to 30 relatives of Uighur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer.
Urgent Action: Mother and child in China at risk of forcible return to North Korea
Lee Su-jung and her son are currently in detention in China and are at risk of forcible return to North Korea.