Urgent Action update: Court lifts travel bans on anti-war protesters
Turkish court lifted travel bans on 30 students facing terrorism-related charges for taking part in a peaceful protest.
Urgent Action update: Singer-songwriter activist sentenced
Activist Xu Lin was sentenced to three years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” on 7 December 2018.
Urgent Action update: Expected verdict for human rights defender
Bahrain’s Cassation Court expected to issue its verdict in the case of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.
Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking academic in critical condition
Dr Nasser bin Ghaith’s health has severely deteriorated after 70 days on hunger strike.
Urgent Action update: Chinese veteran activist executed
Xu Youchen, 58, was executed on 15 November 2018 after the China Supreme People’s Court approved his death sentence.
Urgent Action good news: 200 families no longer at risk of forced eviction
Families from the Guahory Community, Eastern Paraguay, are no longer at imminent threat of forced eviction.
Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking detainee admitted to hospital
The Palestinian authorities have transferred social justice activist Suha Jbara to a hospital in Jericho.
Urgent Action: Bill to give armed forces control of security in Mexico
Mexican legislators could pass a bill for a constitutional reform that would broaden the powers of the armed forces.
Urgent Action: Attacks on defenders and journalists increase
Nicaraguan authorities continue to target journalists, human rights defenders and organizations.
Urgent Action: Sudanese activist deported, at risk of torture
Sudanese political activist Mohamed Hassan Alim Shareef was deported from Egypt to Sudan on 9 October.