Amnesty International, Eastern PA

Zainab al-Khawaja and Ma'suma Sayyid Sharaf were released on 20 December. They were arrested on 15 December for participating in a protest. The charges against them remain.

Gilda Silvestrucci has been campaigning for justice for journalists threatened, attacked or killed as a consequence of their work. She recently received death threats, and her safety is at risk.

Robert Waterhouse, a 65-year-old man, is scheduled to be executed in Florida on February 15 for a murder committed in January 1980. At the time of his trial, DNA technology did not exist. Mr. Waterhouse maintains his innocence, and sought DNA testing of evidence, but all useful evidence in the case has been destroyed. Call for this death sentence to be commuted.

An estimated 300,000 foreign domestic workers in Malaysia often face serious exploitation and abuse. These workers are unable to seek legal redress against their employers or recruitment agents.

Years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have made impunity the rule rather than the exception. Most violations have not been investigated, those responsible have not been prosecuted and victims have been denied justice and redress.

Itsmania Pineda Platero, a human rights defender and blogger based in Tegucigalpa, has received death threats by phone and text message. Her life could be at risk.

Somali and Eritrean asylum-seekers and migrants are on hunger strike protesting their illegal detention in Western Ukraine. They have been threatened and beaten and their belongings were confiscated.

Human rights activist Bushra Gamar Hussein Rahma was transferred from prison to the Attorney-General’s custody. It is a crucial time to pressure the authorities, as he could be released or charged.

Three men missing since January 3 are now believed to be in police custody. It is feared that they are being detained incommunicado, and are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

Belarusian prisoner of conscience Andrei Sannikau met with his wife for the first time in three months on 24 January, when he told her that he had been tortured and that he feared for his life.