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Honduras: Kidnapping, surveillance, threats, harassment and intimidation of members of LGBTI organisation, APUVIMEH

Posted on 2010/09/02

Front Line expresses its deep concern regarding recent incidents of kidnapping, surveillance, threats, harassment and intimidation against members of the LGBTI organization Association for a Better Life (Asociación por una Vida Mejor- APUVIMEH).Read More

Bolivia: Harassment and stigmatisation of members of the Permanent Assembly on Human Rights Bolivia (APDHB)

Posted on 2010/09/02

Front Line is concerned following reports received of recent incidents of harassment and stigmatisation of la Asamblea Permanente de Derechos Humanos de Bolivia (Permanent Assembly on Human Rights of Bolivia – APDHB), in particular, of human rights lawyers Dr Jorge Wilder Quiroz Quispe and Dr Claudia Lecoña, who are married, and of Dr Marcelo H. Garcia.Read More

Kyrgyzstan: Update - Upcoming trial of human rights defender Mr Azimjan Askarov

Posted on 2010/09/01

The trial of human rights defender Mr Azimjan Askarov has been scheduled to take place on 2 September 2010 in Nooken regional court, close to Bazar Korgon in the Jalalabad region of south Kyrgyzstan. The presiding judge will reportedly come from Bazar Korgon.Read More

Belarus: Human rights defender Mr Raman Kislyak arrested and detained

Posted on 2010/09/01

On 30 August 2010, police in the western Belarusian city of Berastse (Brest) detained prominent human rights defender Mr Raman Kislyak, while his distributed leaflets to mark the International Day of the Disappeared. Raman Kislyak is a human rights lawyer.Read More

Mexico: Update - Human rights defender Mr Raúl Hernández Abundió freed after full exoneration by court

Posted on 2010/08/31

Human rights defender Mr Raúl Hernández Abundió has been released after spending over two years in prison in connection to a crime he did not commit.Read More

DRC: Disappearance of human rights defender Mr. Sylvestre Bwira Kyahi

Posted on 2010/08/27

On 24 August 2010, human rights defender, Mr Sylvestre Bwira Kyahi was abducted by gunmen in the town of Goma in North Kivu province.Read More

China: Human rights defenders Liu Zhengyou, Hu Yulan, Ma Xingquan and Feng Guiqin convicted of fraud

Posted on 2010/08/26

Human rights defenders Mr Liu Zhengyou, Ms Hu Yulan, Mr Ma Xingquan and Ms Feng Guiqin have been convicted of fraud in Zigong City, Sichuan Province.Read More

Saudi Arabia: Update - Court to announce verdict on the legality of detaining human rights defender Judge Suliman Ibrahim Al-Reshoudi

Posted on 2010/08/26

On Saturday, 28 August 2010, the Grievances (Administrative) Court in Riyadh is expected to announce a verdict in the case of “Judge Al-Reshoudi Vs. the Ministry of Interior”, a lawsuit filed against the Ministry regarding Judge Suliman Ibrahim Al-Reshoudi, who has been detained incommunicado without charge for more than three years.Read More

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