Dr Sa’eed al-Samahiji had his one-year prison sentence upheld on appeal on 7 September

Tibetan monk Lobsang Drakpa is reported to have been sentenced to three years imprisonment.

On 11 August, Ruslan Sokolovsky published a video on YouTube in which he plays the mobile phone game “Pokemon GO” in one of the main churches in Yekaterinburg, the Urals

A Saudi Arabian Shi’a man has been sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for offences that occurred when he was 16 years old. He says he was held incommunicado in solitary confinement for five months and tortured into “confessing”.

Evan Mawarire has left Zimbabwe fearing for his life as police continue to look for him even after all charges against him in relation to calling for a national stay-away were dismissed and he was freed. He risks arrest if he returns to Zimbabwe.

Ilmi Umerov was released on 7 September after spending three weeks in forced psychiatric detention. He remains under criminal investigation for his peaceful activism against the Russian annexation of Crimea and could face a prison sentence, if convicted.

An estimated 200 people from Building #3 in Ulaanbaatar, including a disabled man and families with children, are in desperate need of adequate accommodation.

The September campaign action for youth groups focusses on our new Refugees campaign I Welcome, our anti-hate crime campaign Stand Against Hate and an individuals at risk case, Matsumo Kenji.

The detention of Ahmed Abdullah has been renewed for a further 45 days, after a Cairo criminal court accepted an appeal against his release on bail.

Negotiations continue to find a solution for the circa 80,000 refugees stranded at the ‘berm’, a desert area located along the Jordan-Syria border.