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.
Urgent Action: Lawyer of Xinca people under threat
Quelvin Jimenez received death threats and continues to be targeted with smear campaigns, intimidations, and surveillance
Urgent Action update: Forty protesters freed, ten still detained
A judge at the Cabinda Court ordered the provisional release of 40 more protesters on 19 April.
Urgent Action: Parliamentarian disappeared in Venezuela
On 26 April 2019, intelligence officers took Venezuelan opposition member of parliament Gilber Caro at a restaurant.