Youth Groups Action - May 2016: Free Khadija Ismayilova
This month we are focussing on Khadija Esmayilova, an award-winning investigative journalist and outspoken government critic in Azerbaijan who has been locked up by the authorities for exposing corruption. She is a prisoner of conscience and must be released immediately.
Urgent Action update: Gennadii Yakovitskii's death sentence upheld in Belarus
The Supreme Court of Belarus upheld the death sentence of Gennadii Yakovitskii on 4 April. He is now at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent Action: Eight-year sentence for having a miscarriage in Argentina
Twenty-seven-year-old Belén has been held in pre-trial detention for over two years in northern Argentina, after suffering a miscarriage in a public hospital.
Urgent Action good news: Leyla and Arif Yunus arrive in the Netherlands
Azerbaijani human rights defenders and former prisoners of conscience Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus were allowed to travel to the Netherlands
Urgent Action update: Egyptian human rights defender arrested
Prominent human rights defender, Dr Ahmed Abdullah, was arrested at his home and
beaten on 25 April
Urgent Action update: Safety concerns for missing teen with albinism in Malawi
A 15 year old boy with albinism went missing on 24 April.
Urgent Action good news: Teacher released after serving his sentence in Bahrain
Mahdi ‘Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, has been released after completing a five-year prison sentence.
Urgent Action: Austrian President must block changes to asylum law
On 27 April the Austrian parliament passed amendments to Austria’s asylum law
Urgent Action: Detained Bidun human rights defender at risk in Kuwait
Member of the stateless Bidun community have been held at Kuwait’s Central Prison since 18 April
Urgent Action: Palestinian children administratively detained
A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was arrested by Israeli forces on 4 February while he was sleeping