Urgent Action update: Human rights lawyer at risk of torture
Yu Wensheng has been indicted and his case has been transferred from the prosecution to the court awaiting a trial date.
Urgent Action update: Indigenous human rights defenders at risk
Armed men abducted Mexican Indigenous human rights defenders, Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and Hilario Cornelio Castro.
Local Group Fundraising Update: February 2019
A local group fundraising update for February. Featuring news of a great start to the year and a change of bank details.
Urgent Action outcome: Jordanian journalist released
On 12 February 2019, Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer Salman al-Najjar was released from al-Wathba prison.
Real Lives Spring 2019
A letter from you could help free a prisoner, stop an execution or help a bereaved family receive justice.
Real Lives Summer 2019
A letter from you could help free a prisoner, stop an execution or help a bereaved family receive justice.
Urgent Action: Saudi activist held in solitary confinement
Woman human rights defender, Nassima al-Sada, was placed in solitary confinement since early February 2019.
Urgent Action: Baloch activist held incommunicado
On 26 December 2018, Emirati security forces detained Pakistani national Rashid Hussain Brohi without an arrest warrant.
Urgent Action: Journalist harassed to silence dissent
Maria Ressa, executive editor of online news outlet Rappler and press freedom advocate, was arrested.
Urgent Action update: Pre-trial detention for human rights defender
On 9 February, a judge ordered the pre-trial detention of human rights defender and lawyer Ezzat Ghoniem for 45 days.