UA: 45/10 Index: MDE 12/010/2010 Issue Date: 25 February 2010

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Egyptian detained linguist, Mohamed Farid Farag Farrag, was beaten in prison in Egypt at the start of February and has not been given any medical care since. He is currently on a hunger strike to protest against his ill-treatment. He has been held without charge or trial since November 2007. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 41/10 Index: AMR 34/001/2010 Issue Date: 22 February 2010

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The members of a network of activists in Guatemala are in grave danger. Three members of the network have been killed since October 2009. Most recently, FRENA member Octavio Roblero was killed on 17 February. The motive for the attacks is not clear, and nobody has been brought to justice for any of the killings. Other leading members of FRENA have received death threats. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 20/10 Index: ASA 13/004/2010 Issue Date: 1 February 2010

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Five men found guilty of killing Bangladesh’s first president were executed in Dhaka Central Jail in the early hours of 28 January, 13 hours after the final judicial review of their sentences.
Syed Farooq-ur Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Bazlul Huda were hanged one by one soon after midnight on 28 January 2010. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 346/09 Index: AMR 53/009/2009 Issue Date: 23 December 2009

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Richard Blanco, a male local government official from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is being detained in a prison in Caracas without any evidence of him having committed a crime. His detention appears to be politically motivated. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 343/09 Index: AMR 46/019/2009 Issue Date: 23 December 2009

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Two men were shot dead by police on 2 December, in their village in north-western Peru, during a search for another man. Other people in the area are in danger of being killed by police in similar operations, unless the government orders the police to review their use of lethal force. [ Lire la suite » ]