Local Group Fundraising Update: March 2019
A local group fundraising update for March featuring Summer fundraising ideas.
Urgent Action: Eight Lebanese men facing an unfair trial
Eight Lebanese men were arbitrarily detained in the United Arab Emirates between December 2017 and February 2018.
Urgent Action: Labour activist detained without lawyer
Wei Zhili, taken away from his home by the police has no access to a lawyer and is at risk of torture.
Urgent Action: Mother deported, children left behind
Vanessa Gómez Cueva, a Peruvian citizen with residence status in Argentina for over 15 years, was deported.
Urgent Action good news: Police protects women’s day rally
The International Women’s Day rally organised by human rights defender Vitalina Koval in Uzhgorod was a success.
Urgent Action outcome: Chechen human rights defender jailed
The Shali City Court sentenced Oyub Titiev to four years in penal colony under fabricated drug-related charges.
Urgent Action update: Two Jehovah’s witnesses still detained
Artur Severinchik was released from detention on 15 March following the Khanty-Mansiisk Regional Court’s decision.
Urgent Action: Protect rights of juvenile prisoners
Emil Astrauko and Vasily Sauchanka are held in juvenile prison in Belarus in conditions which violate their human rights.
Urgent Action outcome: “National security” trials end in life sentences
Oman sentenced six defendants to life imprisonment after grossly unfair trials.
Urgent Action outcome: Mexican congress approved security reform
Mexican Congress approved a controversial Constitutional amendment to introduce a “National Guard” in Mexico.