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
Urgent Action: Six Sudanese protestors detained without charge
Six former University of Khartoum students have been detained without charge
Urgent Action: Death threats to Afro-descendant leaders in Colombia
Several Afro-descendant leaders from Cauca Department have been threatened
Urgent Action update: Two released, 33 still in detention in South Sudan
Prof. Leonzio Angole Onek, was released without charge on 25 April