Urgent Action update: Two men at risk of execution
On 6 May 2019, the Bahraini Court of Cassation upheld the convictions and death sentences of two prisoners.
Urgent Action: Stop harassment of human rights activist
On 6 May at around 6am the police raided the home of prominent human rights defender Elżbieta Podleśna.
Urgent Action: Ahwazi Arab men at risk of execution
Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Abdullah, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, are facing the death penalty.
Urgent Action good news: Prisoner of conscience released
On 7 March 2019, Algerian blogger and prisoner of conscience Merzoug Touati was released.
Urgent Action good news: Reuters journalists released in prisoner amnesty
Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were granted a presidential pardon and released from prison.
Urgent Action correction: Apaa communities attacked, forcibly evicted
Rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority have been carrying out forced evictions of communities in the Apaa area.
Urgent Action outcome: Activist released after being rearrested
Azerbaijani activist Bayram Mammadov was released on 29 April after 30 days in administrative detention.
Urgent Action: Fears of activist’s enforced disappearance
Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma has been missing since 9 April, when he was on his way to Dhaka from Kanchpur.