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Sri Lanka: Disappearance of human rights defender Mr Pattani Razeek

Posted on 2010/02/17

Front Line is gravely concerned by reports of the disappearance of human rights defender, Mr Pattani Razeek, managing trustee of the Community Trust Fund (CTF) and member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA). Read More

Yemen: Attack against human rights defenders Ms Tawakkol Karman and Ms Lubna Al-Gedsi, and alleged enforced disappearance of Mr Ali Ahmad Al-Saqqaf

Posted on 2009/10/09

On 6 October 2009, human rights defenders Ms Tawakkol Karman and Ms Lubna Al-Gedsi were reportedly attacked by security men during a peaceful protest in Sana'a. Tawakkol Karman is the chairwoman of Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), which campaigns for freedom of the press in Yemen. Lubna Al-Gedsi is the coordinator of the Rights and Freedoms section at WJWC. Read More

Western Sahara: Alleged enforced disappearance of human rights defender, Ms Sukeina Idrissi

Posted on 2009/10/07

On 1 October 2009 at 11.45am, human rights defender Ms Sukeina Idrissi, a member of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Violations of Human Rights (ASVDH) was kidnapped, reportedly by the police. Her whereabouts are unknown and the police deny that she has been arrested. Read More

Pakistan: Fear of arrest for human rights lawyer Mr Parvez Aslam Choudhry and unknown whereabouts of Mr Anis AA Saadi

Posted on 2009/03/13

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender Advocate Parvez Aslam Choudhry has gone into hiding due to a fear of arrest. Furthermore, Advocate Anis AA Saadi has not been seen or heard from by his family since 6 March 2009. Read More

Mexico: Alleged enforced disappearance of indigenous rights defenders, Mr Manuel Ponce Rosas and Mr Raúl Lucas Lucía

Posted on 2009/02/17

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the alleged enforced disappearance of human rights defenders, Mr Manuel Ponce Rosas and Mr Raúl Lucas Lucía, on 13 February 2009. Manuel Ponce Rosas and Raúl Lucas Lucía are Secretary and President respectively of the Organisation for the Future of the Mixteco People (OFPM), an organisation which is derived from the Organización Independiente de Pueblos Mixtecos y Tlapanecos – OIPMT (Independent Organisation of Mixteco and Tlapaneco Peoples). Read More

Colombia: Disappearance and presumed killing of human rights defender Armando Montañez

Posted on 2008/02/06

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the disappearance and presumed killing of the human rights defender, Armando Montañez. Armando Montañez was a community leader and formerly a leader of the Asociación Nacional de Usuarios Campesinos (ANUC) and President of the Junta de Acción Comunal de la Vereda El Paraiso, in the district of Monterralo, in Aguazul, Casanare, Colombia. Read More

Haiti: Disappearance of human rights defender Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine

Posted on 2008/02/04

Front Line is deeply concerned regarding the disappearance of human rights defender Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine who has been missing sicne 12 August 2007. Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is the former coordinator of the 30 September Foundation, a human rights organisation dedicated to protecting the families of victims and reuniting survivors of the military government of 1991-1994, during which at least 5,000 people were killed. Read More

Haiti: Disappearance of human rights defender Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine

Posted on 2008/01/30

Front Line is deeply concerned regarding the disappearance of human rights defender Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine who has been missing since 12 August 2007. Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is the former coordinator of the 30 September Foundation, a human rights organisation dedicated to protecting the families of victims and reuniting survivors of the military government of 1991-1994, during which at least 5,000 people were killed. Read More

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