Four Angolan youth activists who are part of the Benguela Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário de Benguela) were arrested by police on the evening of 4 August.

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria has threatened to demolish houses in Gbagyi Villa, Kaduna State, North West Nigeria.

10 people, seven of whom are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), were arrested by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in Darfur on 31 July.

The first two Syrian refugees that became at risk of being forcibly returned to Turkey under the illegal EU-Turkey deal have now been released from detention. A court has also ordered the suspension of their deportation.

Lawyer Ren Quanniu, who was criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, has been released on bail. Please stop sending appeals at this time.

Letter-writing changes lives. A letter from you could help free a prisoner, stop an execution or help a bereaved family receive justice. This edition of Real Lives is produced for those wishing to write more letters in support of individuals at risk.

Letter-writing changes lives. A letter from you could help free a prisoner, stop an execution or help a bereaved family receive justice. This edition of Real Lives is produced for those wishing to write more letters in support of individuals at risk.

Twenty-three Sahrawi defendants, including 21 prisoners sentenced to jail after a grossly unfair trial by a military court in 2013, are to face re-trial before a civilian court.

Alfred Taban, prominent journalist and chief editor of the daily English newspaper, Juba Monitor, was released on bail on 29 July. No court date has been set for his trial.

The prosecutor at the head of the investigation into the charges against those responsible for the forced sterilization of over 2,000 peasant and Indigenous women living in poverty has ruled to close the majority of the cases