Urgent Action update: Tiananmen “baijiu” activist sentenced to jail
Sichuan activist Chen Bing was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist formally charged
Journalist Amade Abubacar has formally been charged.
Urgent Action update: Activist and opposition members await trial
Activist Rashid Mahiya and opposition Members of Parliament, Charlton Hwende and Joanna Mamombe are awaiting trial.
Urgent Action: Falun Gong high school teacher detained
Falun Gong practitioner chemistry teacher Chen Yan is facing a trial for distributing Falun Gong materials on the street.
Urgent Action: Bloggers held for condemning corruption
Bloggers Cheikh Jiddou and Abderrahmane Weddady were arbitrarily arrested on 22 March in Nouakchott.
Urgent Action update: Disappeared activist at risk of torture
Gao Zhisheng, a former prisoner of conscience and human rights lawyer, is subject to enforced disappearance.
Urgent Action good news: Anti-military peaceful protester released early
Activist Tin Maung Kyi was released 13 days early on 29 March 2019 after serving six months and two days in prison.
Urgent Action correction: Human rights defender on hunger strike
Ahmed Mansoor has been on hunger strike for over three weeks in protest of his prison conditions and his unfair trial.
Urgent Action: 13 prisoners at risk of imminent execution
After 43 years without using the death penalty, the President, is reportedly planning execute prisoners on death row.