Urgent Action good news: Human rights defender aquitted of all charges
Pastor Evan Mawarire was acquitted of the charge of ‘subversion of constitutional elected government’ on 29 November.
Urgent Action: Pakistani Activist's whereabouts unknown
Raza Khan, a Pakistani peace activist, has not been seen or heard from since 2 December
Urgent Action: Former journalists charged with espionage
Two former journalists for US-based Radio Free Asia in Cambodia were detained on trumped-up charges of espionage
Urgent Action: Violent repression following elections
At least 13 people have reportedly been killed, scores of people detained and others injured
Urgent Action Update: Former POC feared to be in detention again
The whereabouts of Human Rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng remains a mystery after he has been missing for over three months.
Urgent Action: Leader of peace community threatened
Paramilitary groups continue incursions and threats against the people of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
Urgent Action Update: Confined communities in Riosucio, Chocó
Several Embera Indigenous communities and the Afro-descendent community of Taparal find themselves confined and terrified
Urgent Action Update: New convictions for “inciting debauchery”
16 individuals sentenced to three years in prison and three years’ probation for “debauchery”, raising the total to 49