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.
Urgent Action outcome: Death sentences commuted to life imprisonment
Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on two death sentences.
Urgent Action update: Detained Uighur has nervous breakdown
Hankezi Zikeli detained in a “transformation-through-education” centre, believed to have suffered a nervous breakdown.
Urgent Action outcome: Mexican congress boosts arbitrary detentions
Mexican Congress passed a Constitutional amendment that force judges to order pre-trial detention in several cases.