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Nov 6 2018 11:55am
Urgent Action update: Ongoing punishment for prisoner of conscience in Vietnam
Human rights defender Trần Thị Nga is being punished by prison authori...
Nov 5 2018 2:49pm
Urgent Action: Journalists and activists threatened in Mozambique
Local journalists and civil society activists have received anonymous ...
Nov 1 2018 6:14pm
Egypt: at least 19 human rights activists arrested in 'chilling' new crackdown
‘Anyone who dares to speak out about human rights violations in Egypt ...
Oct 31 2018 3:24pm
World summit brings surge of new commitments to protect human rights defenders
Human rights defenders from across all corners of the world gathered t...
Oct 30 2018 3:00pm
Urgent Action: Several indigenous organizations threatened in Colombia
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) reported that ...
Oct 23 2018 3:21pm
Urgent Action: Environmental defender's home set on fire in Ecuador
Environmental defender Margoth Escobar could be at risk after her home...
Oct 22 2018 3:06pm
Urgent Action: Chinese refugees at risk of refoulement from Thailand
Chinese human rights defenders YANG Chong and WU Yuhua, UNHCR-recogniz...
Oct 16 2018 4:03pm
Urgent Action update: Lawyer at risk granted protection measures in Chile
Chilean human rights defender and lawyer Karina Riquelme is no longer ...
Oct 16 2018 3:42pm
Urgent Action update: Two relatives of environmental members killed in Colombia
On 22 September, two relatives of members of the Rios Vivos Movement w...
Oct 16 2018 2:53pm
Urgent Action update: Lawyer at risk for defending indigenous people in Chile
Lawyer Karina Riquelme was again intimidated by Chilean police intelli...