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Iran: Sentencing of human rights defender Ms Shadi Sadr

Posted on 2010/05/25

On 17 May 2010, human rights defender Ms Shadi Sadr was sentenced to six years of imprisonment and 74 lashes. Shadi Sadr is a prominent human rights lawyer and women's rights defender, and co-founder of Zanan-e Iran (Women of Iran), a women's rights organisation.

Iran

Copenhagen: OSCE calls on Kazakh authorities to urgently find a just conclusion to the case of human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis

Posted on 2010/05/24

"It is up to the Kazakh authorities to urgently find a just conclusion to the case of the human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis" said the OSCE's Matteo Mecacci in a report issued today after last week’s visit with Mr. Zhovtis. Mr. Zhovtis is serving a four year sentence at a penal colony in Ust-Kamenogorsk following a fatal traffic accident last year.

Kazakhstan

Morocco: UPDATE human rights defender Chekib El-Khiari receives three-year prison sentence and 753,930 Dirham fine

Posted on 2009/06/30

According to the official news agency MAP, on 24 June 2009,the Casablanca criminal court of first instance sentenced Mr Chekib El-Khiari to three years in prison and ordered him to pay 753,930 Dirhams to Moroccan customs. The court said that Khayari deposited money in foreign banks without the authorization of Morocco's Exchange Office.

Morocco

Oman: Human rights defender, Mr Ali al-Zwaidi, sentenced to 10 days in prison

Posted on 2009/04/24

Front Line is concerned following reports that human rights defender, Mr Ali al-Zwaidi, has been fined 200 Omani Rial and sentenced to 10 days in prison on 21 April 2009. Ali al-Zwaidi is a supervisor of an on-line discussion forum called “Sablat Oman”. He is a co-founder and a board member of the Oman Writers' Society and has been a writer in the Oman press since 1986.

Oman

Somaliland: Sentencing of human rights defender, Mr Mohamed Abdi Guled “Urad”

Posted on 2009/03/23

Front Line is concerned following reports that Mr Mohamed Abdi Guled “Urad” was sentenced to five months' imprisonment on 17 March 2009. Mohamed Abdi Guled “Urad” is a member of the Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA) and the editor of newspaper YOOL.

Somaliland

Iran: Sentencing of human rights defender, Mr Faleh Abdullah Al-Mansouri

Posted on 2009/02/27

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender Mr Faleh Abdullah Al-Mansouri has been sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. Faleh Abdullah Al-Mansouri is head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Ahwaz and is also a human rights defender. He is originally from Iran but fled to the Netherlands as a refugee in 1998 and has since become a Dutch national. In the Netherlands he was an active member of human rights organisation Amnesty International.

Iran

Cameroon:Sentencing of journalist, Mr Lewis Medjo

Posted on 2009/01/27

Front Line is concerned following the sentencing to a prison term and fine, of human rights defender and journalist, Mr Lewis Medjo, on 7 January 2009. Lewis Medjo is Publications Director for the weekly newspaper La Détente Libre. Lewis Medjio and La Détente Libre regularly report on the human rights situation and good governance in Cameroon.

Cameroon

Uzbekistan: Human rights defender and journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov sentence upheld

Posted on 2008/10/13

Update

Front Line is deeply concerned by the decision of the Karakalpak Supreme Court’s Appeal Commission yesterday to uphold journalist and human rights activist Salijon Abdurahmanov’s 10-year prison term without explaining its decision. Salijon Abdurahmanov is a founding member and leading journalist with Uznews.net, a member of the Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan, and a member of the Committee to Protect Individuals' Rights in Karakalpakstan. He has also worked for Radio Liberty and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and has made public statements concerning human rights violations and restrictions on freedom of expression in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan

Iran: Sentencing of human rights defender and journalist Yusef Azizi Bani Turfi

Posted on 2008/09/03

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the sentencing of Yusef Azizi Bani Turfi to five years in prison. Yusef Azizi Bani Turfi is a journalist and writer who has written in defence of the rights of ethnic minorities, particularly the Ahwazi Arab ethnic group to which he belongs. He is also a founder member of the Iranian PEN association, which works to promote and protect the right to freedom of expression.

Iran

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