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Urgent Action: Former prosecutor general risks torture

Rashitjon Kadirov and 12 co-defendants are standing trial in closed-door criminal proceedings.

UA 44/19 issued 08/04/2019

Urgent Action: 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.

UA 47/19 issued 09/04/2019

Urgent Action: Transgender woman held in all-male prison

19-year-old transgender woman human rights defender, arbitrarily detained in the all-male Mazra’at Tora prison.

UA 43/19 issued 09/04/2019

Death Penalty 2018: Report

Amnesty's 2018 global review of the death penalty

Death Penalty 2018 Report

Families Together Coalition Briefing

This briefing is provided by the Families Together Coalition

Families Together Coalition briefing

Urgent Action update: Eight Lebanese men await verdict

On 3 April 2019, eight Lebanese men appeared before the state security Chamber of the Federal Appeal Court in Abu Dhabi.

1st update on UA 38/19 issued 05/04/2019

Urgent Action: Jerusalemite journalist at risk of deportation

Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa al-Kharouf has been arbitrarily detained at Givon prison in Ramle, in central Israel.

UA 41/19 issued 05/04/2019

Urgent Action good news: Arbitrarily detained Egyptian activist released

Egyptian activist Islam Khalil was released on probation after more than a year in arbitrary detention.

4th update on UA 176/18 issued 04/04/2019

Urgent Action: Activist rearrested on fabricated charges

Azerbaijani activist Bayram Mammadov was detained on 30 March and sentenced to 30 days of administrative detention.

UA 42/19 issued 03/04/2019