Urgent Action: Newspaper editor detained without charge
On 15 July 2019, Michael Rial Christopher, South Sudanese newspaper editor was taken off a flight to Kenya and arrested.
Urgent Action update: Lawyer of Xinca people still under threat
Quelvin Jimenez reported that a group of people, carrying weapons, disrupted a meeting of the Xinca Indigenous people.
Urgent Action update: Filmmaker charged, health concerns remain
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a prominent filmmaker, has been formally charged after being detained for more than three months.
Urgent Action update: Jailed journalists on hunger strike
Iranian journalists Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Mohammadifar have been on hunger strike since 4 July.
Urgent Action update: 30 opposition figures sentenced to death
The Huthi-run Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) of Sana’a sentenced to death 30 academics and political figures.
Urgent Action update: Uyghur activist’s 30 relatives still detained
Up to 30 relatives of Uyghur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer have been detained for nearly two years without trial.
Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained couple remains held
Egyptian authorities have decided to imprison Ola al-Qaradawi over unfounded charges.
Urgent Action update: Jailed Crimean Tatar’s health still at risk
On 3 July a court in Russian - occupied Crimea rejected Edem Bekirov’s appeal to review his pre-trial detention.
Urgent Action update: Roma still homeless after forced eviction
Around 500 Roma people were left homeless after being forcibly evicted by authorities.
Urgent Action: Security agent ill-treated in detention
South Sudanese security agent is detained at the Riverside detention centre- notorious for its extremely poor conditions.