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Iran: Update - Disproportionate sentence and inadequate prison conditions for pro-reform journalist Mr Bahaman Ahamadi Amoee

Posted on 2010/07/22

Front Line has learned with concern that journalist Mr Bahaman Ahamadi Amoee, who is serving five years in prison for charges related to pro-reform articles, has been deprived of normal family visitation rights. In particular, he has been restricted from receiving visits by his wife, Jila Baniyaghoob.

Iran

Palestine: Arbitrary detention and torture of human rights defender Mr Omar Alaaeddin

Posted on 2010/03/31

Human rights defender Mr Omar Alaaeddin was arbitrarily arrested by Israeli soldiers on 14 March 2010 and later subjected to torture while in detention. Omar Alaaeddin is a Palestinian human rights defender who organises and participates in demonstrations in the West Bank village of Al Ma'asara in protest against human rights violations allegedly committed by the Israeli authorities and the Israeli armed forces.

Palestine

Iran: Arbitrary arrest of human rights defender Mr Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi

Posted on 2010/02/04

Human rights defender Mr Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi was arrested on 3 February 2010. Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi is a journalist and a member of the Central Council of the Human Rights Organisation of Kurdistan. He is also a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, working for an end to gender discrimination in Iran.

Iran

Honduras: Members of youth movement AJEM beaten, robbed, harassed and arbitrarily detained

Posted on 2009/10/06

Between 22 and 24 September 2009, human rights defenders from la Asociación Jóvenes en Movimiento - AJEM (The Association of Youth in Movement) have been beaten, harassed, arbitrarily detained, and had possessions damaged and stolen during various instances of police abuse which have followed the recent weeks of unrest in Honduras.

Honduras

India/Manipur: Arbitrary detention of human rights defenders protesting against summary executions by security forces

Posted on 2009/08/20

On 4 and 5 August 2009, human rights defenders, Mrs Phanjoubam Sakhileima, Mrs Lourembam Nganbi Devi, Mrs Yumlembam Mema, Mr Phurailatpam Devan Sharma, Mr Chingtham Dayananda, Mr Th. Naobi and Mr Karam Sunil were detained by police in Manipur following a protest against the summary execution of an unarmed former militant by security forces.

India

China: Arbitrary detention of human rights defenders Mr Xu Zhiyong and Ms Zhuang Lu

Posted on 2009/08/05

Human rights defenders, Mr Xu Zhiyong and Ms Zhuang Lu, were detained by police officers in separate incidents at their homes in Beijing on 29 July 2009. Their whereabouts remain unknown and their relatives and colleagues have not received any communication from them since their detention.

China

Ecuador: Arbitrary detention of José Paucar and threats against Vicente Zhunio Samaniego and Wilmar Reinoso

Posted on 2009/05/13

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender, Mr José Salustino Gutama Paucar, was arbitrarily detained on 7 May 2009 before being released later that morning, and Mr Vicente Zhunio Samaniego and Mr Wilmar Fernando Mejía Reinoso have been threatened.

Ecuador

Syria: Continued arbitrary detention of human rights defender Mr Nizar Ristnawi

Posted on 2009/05/07

Front Line is concerned following reports of the continued detention of human rights defender, Mr Nizar Ristnawi, despite the end of his four-year prison sentence and despite an opinion by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) in March 2009 that the detention of Nizar Ristnawi is arbitrary. Nizar Ristnawi, aged 49, is a member of the Committee to Defend Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights in Syria and a founding member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Syria.

Syria

Sudan: Ongoing arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of human rights defender, Ms Nahla Bashir Adam

Posted on 2009/02/24

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender, Ms Nahla Bashir Adam, was arbitrarily arrested and detained on 15 December 2008. Nahla Bashir Adam is Deputy Director of the Youth for Children Association (YCA), a non-governmental non-profit organisation which was founded in 2003. The YCA works in South Kurdufan to promote the rights of children and awareness on issues such as education and health regarding children, especially those with disabilities and chronic diseases in Sudan.

Sudan

Ecuador: Continued arbitrary detention of human rights defender, Mr Vicente Zhunio Samaniego

Posted on 2009/01/29

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender, Mr Vicente Zhunio Samaniego, has again been arbitrarily detained since 20 January 2009, after being released from hospital. Vicente Zhunio Samaniego is a community leader and President of the Asociación Campesina de Limón Indanza (Peasants' Association of Limón Indanza), which is a member organisation of the Coordinadora Nacional por la Defensa de la Vida y la Soberanía (National Co-ordinating Committee for the Defence of Life and Sovereignty – NCCDLS).

Ecuador

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