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Mar 18 2019 12:23pm
Urgent Action update: NGO worker’s detention renewed
On 10 March 2019, the Israeli Ofer Military Court in the Occupied Pale...
Mar 14 2019 4:21pm
Saudi Arabia: women activists trial begins with 'outrageous' charges
Charges relate to their promotion of women’s rights, and contact with ...
Mar 14 2019 12:30pm
Urgent Action: Human rights defender allegedly tortured
Human rights defender Joaquín Elo Ayeto was arrested on 25 February at...
Mar 11 2019 4:47pm
Iran: women's rights activist given 'absolutely shocking' 33-year jail sentence
Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh - who campaigns against ...
Mar 11 2019 11:21am
Urgent Action: Tortured conservationists face death penalty
Eight detained conservationists could face the death penalty or long p...
Mar 7 2019 4:07pm
Egypt: trans woman forcibly disappeared at 'risk of sexual violence'
Torture concerns over Malak al-Kashef, apprehended by authorities afte...
Mar 6 2019 5:20pm
Saudi Arabia: UN member states must demand release of women activists
Human Rights Council set to deliver crucial statement on the jailed ac...
Mar 4 2019 3:19pm
Urgent Action: Three Jehovah’s witnesses at risk of torture
On 15 February Russian law enforcement officials carried out raids on ...
Feb 20 2019 11:49am
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience ill-treated in prison
Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che has been given rotten food and insuffi...
Feb 5 2019 4:04pm
Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained Egyptian on hunger strike
On 25 January, Islam Khalil and four other prisoners began a hunger st...