Urgent Action update: Constant surveillance impacts lawyer’s health
Human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong remains under heavy surveillance, despite having been released from prison in February
Urgent Action: Drop charges against human rights defender
US Border Patrol agents arrested Dr. Scott Warren, a 36-year old Human Rights Defender and humanitarian aid volunteer.
Urgent Action: Stop harassing investigative journalists
Three journalists were summoned for a hearing by the Intelligence Services for revealing a national defence secret.
Urgent Action: Human rights defender fears for safety
On 26 April, two unknown men on motorbikes, presumably belonging to a local gang, circled the office of Pierre Espérance.
Urgent Action update: Jailed academic needs urgent medical care
Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali needs urgent specialized medical care unavailable inside prison.
Urgent Action update: Journalist officially charged with cyber libel
Maria Ressa, human rights defender, was formally charged in court for one count of cyber libel.
Urgent Action update: Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh risk being sentenced to prison.
Urgent Action sad news: Prisoner dies of cancer in detention
Alia Abdelnoor Mohamed Abdelnoor, who was in the terminal stages of cancer, died while chained to a bed.
Urgent Action: 500 Roma people homeless after forced eviction
Around 500 Roma people, including around 150 children, pregnant women and older people have been left homeless.
Urgent Action: Land defenders at risk
Rosalina Dominguez, her four sons and two members of the community of Río Blanco, Intibucá, in Honduras were threatened.