What is the Urgent Action Network?
The concept is simple: Take Action, Change a Life.
Urgent Actions ask our community of volunteers to flood the mailboxes, inboxes, phones and social media of authorities when someone is in imminent danger of human rights violations. Your letters, emails, phone calls, faxes and Tweets have helped to halt executions, support human rights defenders and free prisoners of conscience—people jailed solely for the peaceful expression of their beliefs and identity.
Please note that the US postal service has suspended service to some countries in light of COVID-19 – reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions.
How Does It Work?
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STEP 1: Sign Up Today!
Sign up to receive Urgent Action emails. You can choose to receive all emails or a more limited number. You can also choose to receive emails on specific issues or regions.
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STEP 2: Take Action Now!
Urgent Action emails specify the case, local and international government officials to contact, their contact information and suggestions about what to write, say or Tweet.
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Our Educator’s Guide
Are you an educator looking for ways to engage your students in human rights? Find out how your students can show their power through letter writing!
In many cases, your action on these cases leads to better conditions for prisoners and their eventual release. Those individuals at the center of these Urgent Actions often send their thanks to Amnesty International, citing that these messages serve as a source of hope.
The reason we could resist the ban and move forward was the international support and solidarity by Amnesty International activists around the world. We could not have gone further without your support.
I am very grateful for all the support I received while I was in prison. Life in prison was very difficult and I was treated badly, but the support of those who believed in me made me strong.
My case once again showed how important solidarity and attention are in protecting the freedom of speech and human rights. I admire your noble work and boundless courage, dear activists.
Browse Urgent Actions
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Stop Action! – China: Dolma Tso No Longer at Risk of Forced Operation (UA 47/16)
Please stop sending appeals about a Tibetan woman who could be subjected to unnecessary medical procedures against her will. For the full Urgent Action, please click on the Word…
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India: Drop Charges Against Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and Kanhaiya Kumar (UA 49/16)
A professor from Delhi University and two students from the Jawaharlal University (JNU) in Delhi are in detention for allegedly chanting ‘anti-India’ slogans at two separate events. If convicted,…
Urgent Action
Syria: Disclose the Whereabouts of Adel Barazi, Ismael Hammoudeh, Zaki Kordelo and Mihyar Kordelo (UA 44/16)
Forcibly disappeared student Adel Barazi from Damascus was recently seen in Saydnaya Military Prison, where he is at risk of being tortured and otherwise ill-treated.
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Viet Nam: Ensure Safety of Trần Minh Nháºt (UA 46/16)
There are increasing fears for the safety and security of Vietnamese Trần Minh Nháºt, a former prisoner of conscience, who is facing ongoing harassment, intimidation and other human rights…
Urgent Action
Iran: Commute Amir Amrollahi’s Death Sentence ( UA 15/08)
Iranian juvenile offender Amir Amrollahi has been sentenced to death for the second time, after a retrial and following a decade in prison.
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Good News! – Turkey: M.K. Released (UA 45/16)
Syrian refugee M.K., who had been arbitrarily detained at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen airport since 9 November 2015, was released on 29 March. He is required to go to the…
Urgent Action
India: Ensure Safety of Human Rights Defenders (UA 42/16)
Activists, lawyers and journalists in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, have been facing increased attacks, harassment and threats.
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Urgent Action Update: Gravely Ill Musician Returned To Prison (Iran: UA 41/16)
Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian was forced to return to Tehran’s Evin Prison on 4 December. He had been on medical leave following his month-long hunger strike. He was hospitalized…
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Iran: Commute the Death Sentence of Amanj Veisee (UA 39/16)
Juvenile offender Amanj Veisee has been sentenced to death for the second time, after a retrial.
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Uzbekistan: Ensure Fair Trial for Aramais Avakian (UA 40/16)
Fish farmer Aramais Avakian was sentenced on 19 February to seven years in prison for “plotting anti-constitutional activities” following an unfair trial.
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Stop Action – Democratic Republic of the Congo: LUCHA Youth Activists Released (UA 37/16)
Six activists from the youth movement, Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA) were on 26 July forcibly released from prison after a presidential ordonnance issued on 22 July by President…
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Angola: Quash the Conviction Against Manuel Chivonde Nito Alves (UA 38/16)
Human rights and pro-democracy activist, Manuel Chivonde Nito Alves, was charged with contempt of Court and subjected to a summary trial. He was sentenced to six months in prison…