abduction

Mexico: Abduction, attack and death threats against wife of human rights defender Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz

Posted on 2010/03/02

Margarita Guadalupe Martínez Martínez, the wife of human rights defender Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz, was violently attacked and received death threats on 26 February 2010, less than 35 hours before the reconstruction of events in relation to a raid on their home in Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas, in November 2009.

Mexico

Zimbabwe – UPDATE – Supreme court orders to drop charges against Jestina Mukoko

Posted on 2009/09/28

Front Line welcomes the Supreme court of Zimbabwe's decision to grant a permanent stay of prosecution against Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) director, Ms Jestina Mukoko. Trumped up charges of recruiting and training people for insurgency were brought against Jestina Mukoko following her abduction by state security agents in December 2008.

Zimbabwe

Kenya – Abduction of human rights defenders, Mr Samson Owimba Ojiayo and Mr Godwin Kamau Wangoe by security forces

Posted on 2009/09/16

Human rights defenders, Mr Samson Owimba Ojiayo and Mr Godwin Kamau Wangoe were abducted by plainclothes police officers on 15 September 2009 in Nairobi. They were later located by their colleagues in the Nairobi Central Police Station on 16 September 2009.

Kenya

Bahrain: Abduction and beating of human rights defender, Mr Jaafar Kadhim

Posted on 2009/05/14

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the abduction and beating of human rights defender Mr Jaafar Kadhim in Manama, on 7 May 2009. Jaafar Kadhim has worked for the Committee of Activists and Prisoners of Conscience since December 2007 and has helped to organise peaceful marches and protests for the rights of detainees. In 2007-2008 he hosted many meetings in his house between relatives of detainees and visiting foreign journalists and international human rights organisations such as Amnesty International. Front Line previously issued an appeal concerning the detention of Jaafar Kadhim on 5 February 2009.

Bahrain

UPDATE - Zimbabwe: Jestina Mukoko, Pascal Gonzo and Broderick Takawira from ZPP alive and held in police stations

Posted on 2009/01/09

On Tuesday 23 December 2008, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) began to receive piecemeal information that various individuals, including civil society activists and members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) who had been abducted over the last 7 weeks, were believed to be held in various police stations around Harare.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe – Abduction of human rights defender, Ms Jestina Mukoko

Posted on 2008/12/03

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports received of the abduction of Ms Jestina Mukoko by Zimbabwean security forces from her home in Norton Harare in the morning of 3 December 2008, at approximately 5:00 am. Jestina Mukoko is the Project Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), an organisation monitoring and documenting violence and human rights abuses across the country through a network of peace observers.

Zimbabwe

Colombia: Abduction of human rights defenders José Arcos and María Antonia Amaya

Posted on 2008/07/25

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the abduction of human rights defenders José Arcos and María Antonia Amaya on 11 July 2008. José Arcos and María Antonia Amaya are both community leaders in the department of Nariño, José Arcos is also the vice-president of the community council in the municipality of Policarpa.

Colombia

Zimbabwe: Abduction and torture of Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) staff members Charles Thole and James Mushayi

Posted on 2008/05/20

On 13 May 2008, Charles Thole and James Mushayi were reportedly abducted by ZANU PF supporters in Kotwa, Mudzi. They were held hostage and reportedly tortured at a ZANU PF base at the Muzezuru Primary School before being freed with the help of a lawyer and members of the police. MP elect for Mudzi North, Newten Kapecha, is suspected of having instigated the torture. He also reportedly confiscated the accreditation cards and ZESN t-shirts of eight other ZESN observers.

Zimbabwe

Yemen: Abduction of human rights defender and journalist Abdul-Karim Al-Khaiwani

Posted on 2007/08/31

Front Line is concerned following reports of the abduction of the human rights defender and journalist Abdul-Karim Al-Khaiwani in Sana'a, on 27 August 2007. Front Line previously wrote to you on 28 June 2007 expressing concern about the arrest and detention of Abdul-Karim Al-Khaiwani.

Yemen

Sudanese human right defender visits the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs

Posted on 2006/02/26

The Minister of State for Development Cooperation and Human Rights, Mr Conor Lenihan T.D., met with Ms Maha Alsherief of Sudan Social Development Organisation (SUDO) on 1 February 2006, to discuss the plight of women in refugee camps in Darfur, Sudan.

Ms Alsherief works as a protection officer for SUDO in the refugee camps in Darfur. She works specifically with victims of rape, sexual assault and abduction.

According to the UN, some 3.4 million people continue to be affected by the conflict in Darfur, of whom 1.8 million are internally displaced and approximately 300,000 have fled to neighbouring Chad. This level of internal displacement has exacerbated rates of gender based violence, including rape, sexual assault and abduction.

Speaking after the meeting, the Minister said: "All too frequently we see the brutal rape of women and children used as a weapon of war. Sexual violence is now an integral and devastating part of the ongoing conflict in Darfur."

He added that meeting Ms Alsherief gave his department "invaluable information that can only enhance our understanding of the scale and harrowing affects of this type of violence."

Sudan

Side Links

Primary links