Urgent Actions

When an individual is in immediate danger of a human rights violation, Amnesty International mobilizes a dedicated group of letter-writers to take action quickly to protect them. Please take action as soon as possible on the cases listed on this page.

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ESWATINI: Justice for killing of human rights lawyer

Download a copy of the 1st UA 11/23 below Thulani Maseko was a courageous human rights defender, lawyer and state...

USA: Urge clemency for Indigenous activist, Leonard Peltier

Download a copy of the 5th UA 16/19 below Native American activist Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned in the USA...

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Ukrainian jailed in Russia further persecuted

Download a copy of the 2nd UA 64/22 below On February 7, the Buryatia Supreme Court will hear imprisoned Ukrainian...

THAILAND: Release activists and drop charges

Download a copy of the 2nd UA 56/22 below Amid an ongoing crackdown on peaceful protest, including charges against hundreds...

OUTCOME: Second Texas execution of 2023 goes ahead

Wesley Ruiz was executed in Texas on the evening of February 1, 2023. He was sentenced to death in 2008...

MOROCCO: Human rights lawyer sentenced in absentia

Download a copy of the 1st UA 10/23 below On November 21, 2022, security agents arrested and imprisoned prominent human...

MOROCCO: Man at risk of forcible return and torture

Download a copy of the 1st UA 12/23 below On January 14, 2023, Moroccan security officers detained Saudi citizen Hassan...

IRAN: Tortured protestors sentenced to death

Download a copy of the 1st UA 9/23 below Young protesters Javad Rouhi, 31, Mehdi Mohammadifard, 19, and Arshia Takdastan,...

VENEZUELA: NGOs in Venezuela at risk

Download a copy of the 1st UA 8/23 below On January 24, 2023, the Venezuelan National Assembly took its first...

STATE OF PALESTINE: Protect two Gaza women in grave danger

Download a copy of the 1st UA 7/23 below Two Palestinian women have not been heard from since January 6...

HONDURAS: Two water defenders killed

Download a copy of the 1st UA 3/23 below Aly Magdaleno Domínguez Ramos and Jairo Bonilla Ayala, members of the...

USA: Execution set for murder of police officer

Download a copy of the 1st UA 5/23 below Wesley Ruiz is scheduled to be executed in Texas on February...

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