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?
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.
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.
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.
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Urgent Action: POLITICIAN’S SON UNJUSTLY JAILED FOR A DECADE (Egypt 29.23)
Share: On This Page Anas al-Beltagy has been arbitrarily detained for over a decade solely due to his family affiliation.…
January 12, 2024
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Urgent Action: VENEZUELAN DETAINEES NEED IMMEDIATE CARE (Venezuela 96.23)
On December 20, 2023, Guillermo Zárraga was conditionally released after over three years of arbitrary detention in Venezuela. Three other…
January 12, 2024
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Urgent Action: FACING IMMINENT PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTION (Iran 64.23)
Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the September-December 2022 popular uprising. On December 24,…
January 9, 2024
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Urgent Action: MAN AT GRAVE RISK OF PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTION IN IRAN (Iran 107.23)
Iranian Kurdish man Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the September-December 2022 nationwide protests.…
January 9, 2024
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Urgent Action: RISK OF PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTIONS AMID KILLING SPREE (Iran 103.22)
At least five individuals in Iran are under sentence of death in connection with the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising of…
December 27, 2023
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Urgent Action: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN NEW MASS TRIAL (UAE 120.23)
Human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience Ahmed Mansoor, Mohammed al-Roken, and Nasser bin Ghaith are among 87 Emirati men…
December 22, 2023
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Urgent Action: TIKTOKER JAILED FOR CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT (Angola 117.23)
On August 13, Angolan TikToker, Ana da Silva Miguel (also known as Neth Nahara) was arrested in Luanda, capital city…
December 22, 2023
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Urgent Action: ARBITRARILY DETAINED BAHA’IS MUST BE RELEASED (Yemen 60.23)
On May 25, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen, arbitrarily detaining 17 members of…
December 22, 2023
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Urgent Action: 4 ACTIVISTS SENTENCED FOR SOLIDARITY PROTEST (Angola 115.23)
On September 16, four activists- Adolfo Campos, Abraão Pedro Santos, Gilson Morreira, and Hermenegildo Victor José – were arrested hours…
December 21, 2023
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Urgent Action: REVEAL FATE OF DISAPPEARED JOURNALIST (Iraq 118.23)
On October 24, 2021, journalist Bassem al-Zaak was abducted while he was live-streaming a sit-in organized by a political bloc…
December 21, 2023
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Urgent Action: ASYLUM SEEKERS DENIED SHELTER (Belgium 113.23)
In Belgium, at least 2,600 people seeking asylum are destitute due to the Belgian government’s failure to provide them with…
December 19, 2023
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Urgent Action: OPPOSITION FIGURE ARBITRARILY DETAINED (Tunisia 114.23)
On October 3, 2023, days after expressing her interest in running for the next presidential elections, security forces arrested opposition…
December 19, 2023