Urgent Action Network

Many members of the Cardiff Group are also members of the urgent action network, which provides a swift mobilisation of a worldwide network of members who are ready to take rapid action to protect people whose lives or physical safety are in danger.

Researchers at Amnesty's headquarters compile an urgent action case sheet with details of the individual/s concerned. This includes information about their situation, recommendations of what to include in the appeal and how to word it. It also has contact details of government officials. This case-sheet is rapidly sent to our national offices for immediate distribution to the network.

The network may be mobilised in an effort to protect a prisoner from torture or any form of ill treatment, medical neglect, unfair trial, the judicial death penalty or extra judicial execution; or from repatriation where the forcible return to a person's country may lead to further human rights abuses.

An urgent action can be issued in cases showing a pattern or series of violations, where the urgent action focuses on protecting a specific social group (ethnic, religious, political or occupational).

Find out more

See the urgent action page on amnesty.org.uk for more details.