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Mexico: Shooting of human rights defender Ms Norma Andradeposted on: 2011/12/06

On 2 December 2011, human rights defender Ms Norma Andrade was shot five times in Ciudad Juárez in the State of Chihuahua.

Iraq: Shooting of human rights defender and journalist Mr Imad Abadiposted on: 2009/11/26

On 23 November 2009, journalist and human rights defender Mr Imad Abadi was shot in Baghdad. He remains in a critical condition in Yarmouk Hospital. Imad Abadi is a journalist with Al-Deyar satellite channel, an independent Iraqi television station. He is also associated with the Iraqi Association for Defending the Rights of Iraqi Journalists, and took part in a demonstration for journalists' rights in August 2009.

Russian Federation – Assassination of anti-fascist human rights defender Mr Ivan Khoutorskoïposted on: 2009/11/20

Front Line was deeply saddened to learn of the assassination of anti-fascist human rights defender Mr Ivan Khoutorskoï in Moscow on 16 November 2009. Ivan Khoutorskoï was shot dead at the bottom of his apartment building, apparently by two shots to the head.