Urgent Action: Defender in Indonesia under investigation for defamation
I Wayan Suardana, a prominent human rights defender in Bali, is facing a defamation suit for posting mocking statements on his Twitter account against supporters of a large-scale land reclamation project in Benoa Bay, in southern Bali by a commercial developer.
End Action: Ahmed Abdullah released on bail in Egypt
Prisoner of conscience Ahmed Abdullah was released on bail on 10 September after spending over four months in detention without trial.
Urgent Action update: Health concern for Canadian-Iranian professor in Iran
The health of Canadian-Irish-Iranian citizen Homa Hoodfar, a 65-year-old prominent professor of anthropology, has deteriorated. Held in solitary confinement since 6 June, she has been denied access to specialized medical care for a neurological condition.
Urgent Action: Six detained in China for reporting G20 protests
Six citizen journalists from the Sichuan-based website “64 Tianwang” (www.64tianwang.com), were detained for covering protests in relation to the G20 Summit. Three have since been released but one is still missing and two remain in detention without any access to lawyers and are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Urgent Action: Woman detained after surviving IS captivity in Iraq
A woman who survived IS abduction and captivity has been arbitrarily detained for almost two years in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She must be released immediately.
Urgent Action update: Date set for political activist's verdict in Bahrain
Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals has set 26 October as the date on which it will issue its verdict in the case against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas.
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience needs medical care in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Saud al-Hashimi is reported to have recently suffered two strokes and is in urgent need of medical care. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience needs medical care in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Saud al-Hashimi is reported to have recently suffered two strokes and is in urgent need of medical care. He is a prisoner of conscience.
End Action: Brothers convicted: one freed, one still held in Sudan
Two activists, Emad Al Sadig Ismael Hamdoun and his brother Erwa Al Sadig Ismael Hamdoun have been sentenced to six months and one year imprisonment respectively by a court in Khartoum, Sudan. Both were sentenced to time already served. Emad Al Sadig Ismael Hamdoun has been released while his brother will spend three more months in prison.
Update Urgent Action: Elderly prisoner at risk of losing his eye sight in Iran
Kamal Foroughi, a 77-year-old British-Iranian man jailed in Tehran’s Evin Prison, has developed cataracts in both his eyes.