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Syria: Arrest and incommunicado detention of human rights defenders Joan Sulayman Ayu and Ridwan Uthman Sido, raid at the home of human rights defender Rafeef Mustafaposted on: 2011/09/08

Two prominent Kurdish human rights defenders, Messrs Joan Sulayman Ayu and Ridwan Uthman Sido, have been arrested and are currently being held incommunicado by the Syrian Security Forces, and the family home of human rights defenders, Mr Rafeef Mustafa and his sons Nuwar and Roudi Mustafa has been raided.

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Ridwan Uthman Sido is a human rights lawyer and member of the board of trustees of the Kurdish Human Rights Committee in Syria, as well as a member of the Hasaka branch of the Syrian Bar Association. Joan Sulayman Ayu is a member of the Committee for the Defence of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria. Rafeef Mustafa is a human rights lawyer and member of the Aleppo branch of the Syrian Bar Association, he is also coordinator of the Syrian anti-death penalty campaign.

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Mexico - Death threats against human rights defender Mr Adolfo Guzmán Ordazposted on: 2009/12/23

On 14 December 2009, human rights defender Mr Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz received a death threat at his home in Comitán de Comínguez, Chiapas. The threat came two days before he was due to testify at a hearing in order to identify a police officer who took part in a raid of his home. Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz is a member of the organisation “Connect, Communication and Training” (Enlace, Comunicación y Capacitación – Enlace CC). Enlace CC is a civil organisation with bases in Chiapas which works for sustainable development for indigenous people and rural workers in central and southern Mexico, incorporating human rights and gender equality as its guiding principles.

Zimbabwe: Raid on the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) and harassment of its staff membersposted on: 2008/04/30

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of a raid on the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) and of the home of Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, Director of the ZESN, on 25 April 2008. The ZESN is a group of thirty-eight non-governmental organisations which have come together to promote democratic processes in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe: Police raid office of election observers; staff in hidingposted on: 2008/04/25

Amnesty International has just received information that at about 10am (local time), five police officers from the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) raided the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) in Harare.

Russia: Raid on the office of Nizhny Novgorod Foundation to Support Toleranceposted on: 2008/04/16

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that the office of the Nizhny Novgorod Foundation to Support Tolerance was raided by police on 20 March 2008. Computers and software were taken as well as the mobile phone of Stanislav Dmitrievsky, a consultant with the Foundation. Stanislav Dmitrievsky had previously been Chairperson of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS), a predecessor to the Foundation, before it was closed down in Russia by the authorities.