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Urgent Action: Grassroots women activist held incommunicado

Chen Jianfang, a devoted grassroots human rights defender has been held in incommunicado detention since 20 March.

UA 102/19 Issued 31/07/2019

Urgent Action update: Palestinian journalist still arbitrarily held

Israeli authorities attempted a war crime by trying to forcibly deport Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa al-Kharouf.

1st Update on UA 041/19 Issued 30/07/2019

Urgent Action: Writer faces up to 10 years jail for story

Shakthika Sathkumara was arrested for writing a short story and sharing it on his Facebook profile.

UA 105/19 Issued 29/07/2019

Urgent Action update: Uyghur woman held incommunicado for 2 years

Buzainafu Abudourexiti continues to be held in incommunicado detention after she was suddenly detained in March 2017.

1st Update on UA 222/17 Issued 29/07/2019

Urgent Action update: A decade in jail for defying forced veiling

Prisoners of conscience jailed solely because of their peaceful campaigning against discriminatory forced veiling laws.

1st Update on UA 096/19 Issued 08/08/2019

Urgent Action: Researcher forcibly disappeared

Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, a housing rights researcher with an NGO, was arrested by security forces and forcibly disappeared.

UA 104/19 Issued 26/07/2019

Urgent Action update: Land defenders in Río Blanco still at risk

On 16 July, COPINH reported new attacks that affected at least 25 families of the community of Río Blanco, Honduras.

1st Update on UA 064/19 Issued 22/07/2019

Urgent Action: Activist held incommunicado for months

Yang Zhengjun, a prominent workers’ rights activist has been held incommunicado since 8 January 2019.

UA 067/19 Issued 26/07/2019

Urgent Action: Man with claims of innocence at risk of execution

Larry Swearingen has been on death row in Texas, USA since 2000 and is scheduled to be executed on 21 August 2019.

UA 108/19 Issued 02/08/2019