Urgent Action update: South Korean woman denied medical help on hunger strike
On 26 May 2016, the High Court of Seoul upheld the two-year prison sentence of Kim Hye-young, a woman in South Korea with thyroid cancer, who was earlier arrested for taking part in a peaceful demonstration.
Urgent Action update: Court denies Belén's release in Argentina
Belén continues to be detained in Tucuman Province, northern Argentina, after suffering a miscarriage in a public hospital.
Urgent Action: Eight Sudanese human rights activists detained
Six staff members and a volunteer from TRACKS for Training and Human Development and the visiting director of Al Zarqa for Rural Development organisation have been detained since 22 May at the office of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Prosecutor of crimes against the state in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
Urgent Action: María Teresa’s release at risk in El Salvador
María Teresa Rivera, a Salvadoran woman recently released after four years in prison for pregnancy-related charges, risks being sent back to trial if the Attorney General decides to appeal the judge’s ruling that just set her free.
Urgent Action: Minority religious leaders detained and charged in Indonesia
Three followers of the ‘Millah Abraham’ religious belief are being detained by the Indonesian national police.
Urgent Action update: Iranian musicians and filmaker summoned to jail
Iranian musicians Mehdi Rajabian and Yousef Emadi, and filmmaker Hossein Rajabian have been summoned to start serving a three-year prison sentence, imposed for their artistic work.
Urgent Action: Tried for tweets, her siblings disappeared in UAE
Moza ‘Abdouli is due to be sentenced on 30 May by the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Urgent Action update: Improved conditions for detained jounalist in Bangladesh
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist has been moved out of solitary confinement but concerns remain that he is still not being granted adequate medical care.
Urgent Action update: Returned activists at risk of unfair trial in China
Two Chinese activists are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and unfair trial. They were recognized as refugees by the UN’s Refugee Agency, but were forcibly returned to China from Thailand in violation of international law. One had been held in incommunicado detention for more than six months and the other’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Urgent Action: Ukraine: Crimean Tatar activist forcibly disappeared
Crimean Tatar activist Ervin Ibragimov went missing on 24 May. Footage from a CCTV camera shows a group of
men forcing him into a van and driving away. He has not been heard from since, and there are serious concerns for his safety.