Honduras: Kidnapping, surveillance, threats, harassment and intimidation of members of LGBTI organisation, APUVIMEH

Posted on 2010/09/02

Front Line expresses its deep concern regarding recent incidents of kidnapping, surveillance, threats, harassment and intimidation against members of the LGBTI organization Association for a Better Life (Asociación por una Vida Mejor- APUVIMEH).Read More

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Bolivia: Harassment and stigmatisation of members of the Permanent Assembly on Human Rights Bolivia (APDHB)

Posted on 2010/09/02

Front Line is concerned following reports received of recent incidents of harassment and stigmatisation of la Asamblea Permanente de Derechos Humanos de Bolivia (Permanent Assembly on Human Rights of Bolivia – APDHB), in particular, of human rights lawyers Dr Jorge Wilder Quiroz Quispe and Dr Claudia Lecoña, who are married, and of Dr Marcelo H. Garcia.Read More

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Kyrgyzstan: Update - Upcoming trial of human rights defender Mr Azimjan Askarov

Posted on 2010/09/01

The trial of human rights defender Mr Azimjan Askarov has been scheduled to take place on 2 September 2010 in Nooken regional court, close to Bazar Korgon in the Jalalabad region of south Kyrgyzstan. The presiding judge will reportedly come from Bazar Korgon.Read More

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Belarus: Human rights defender Mr Raman Kislyak arrested and detained

Posted on 2010/09/01

On 30 August 2010, police in the western Belarusian city of Berastse (Brest) detained prominent human rights defender Mr Raman Kislyak, while his distributed leaflets to mark the International Day of the Disappeared. Raman Kislyak is a human rights lawyer.Read More

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DRC - Update: Disappeared human rights defender Sylvestre Bwira Kyahi is found in Goma

Posted on 2010/08/31

Human rights defender Sylvestre Bwira Kyahi has been found alive on 31 August in Goma. He had disappeared a week before, on 24 August 2010. Those who saw him shortly after he was found reported that he was weak and presented signs of torture. He is currently in hospital in Goma for treatment.Read More

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Mexico: Update - Human rights defender Mr Raúl Hernández Abundió freed after full exoneration by court

Posted on 2010/08/31

Human rights defender Mr Raúl Hernández Abundió has been released after spending over two years in prison in connection to a crime he did not commit.Read More

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Saudi Arabia: Update - Court to announce verdict on the legality of detaining human rights defender Judge Suliman Ibrahim Al-Reshoudi

Posted on 2010/08/26

On Saturday, 28 August 2010, the Grievances (Administrative) Court in Riyadh is expected to announce a verdict in the case of “Judge Al-Reshoudi Vs. the Ministry of Interior”, a lawsuit filed against the Ministry regarding Judge Suliman Ibrahim Al-Reshoudi, who has been detained incommunicado without charge for more than three years.Read More

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Vietnam: Arbitrary detention of human rights defender Professor Pham Minh Hoang

Posted on 2010/08/23

Human rights defender Professor Pham Minh Hoang was arbitrarily detained on 13 August 2010.Read More

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Uzbekistan: Update - Extension of prison term of human rights defender Gaybullo Jalilov

Posted on 2010/08/23

During a closed court hearing on 5 August 2010, human rights defender Mr Gaybullo Jalilov had his prison sentence extended by four years.Read More

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Kyrgyzstan: Assault of human rights defender Mr Abdumannap Khalilov

Posted on 2010/08/23

On 16 August 2010, at the city tribunal in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Mr Abdumannap Khalilov was beaten by a crowd of women, while thirty policemen who were present at the scene did not intervene.Read More

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Yemen: Update - Human rights defender Mr Ali Ahmad Al-Saqqaf in ongoing arbitrary detention and denied access to lawyers

Posted on 2010/08/20

Front Line expresses its concern regarding the ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr Ali Ahmad Al-Saqqaf, a teacher and member of the Yemeni Organization for the Defence of Democratic Rights and Freedoms (YODDRF) which campaigns for the protection of the rights of detainees.Read More

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