Further information on UA: 155/09 Index: ASA 41/012/2009 Issue Date: 22 December 2009

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Human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh has been charged with attempting to overthrow the state. For this, he could face the death penalty. Two others are facing the same charge. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 342/09 Index: MDE 24/038/2009 Issue Date: 21 December 2009

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Kurdish lawyer Mustafa Ismail was detained on 12 December, and has been held incommunicado since then. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 313/09 Index: ASA 41/011/2009 Issue Date: 21 December 2009

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Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed on one side. The prison authorities are not providing him with adequate medical care, and his health is in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 341/09 Index: MDE 13/131/2009 Issue Date: 18 December 2009

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Student leader Majid Tavakkoli was arrested on 7 December after a demonstration. His whereabouts are unknown and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Amnesty International considers that he is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression, association and assembly. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 340/09 Index: MDE 30/022/2009 Issue Date: 18 December 2009

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Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger. A prominent critic of the Tunisian government, he was sentenced on 26 November 2009 to six months' imprisonment, after an unfair trial. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further Information on UA: 225/09 Index: AMR 19/021/2009 Issue Date: 18 December 2009

The families who suffered a violent forced eviction in August from the Olga Benário settlement in the south of São Paulo, have won a major victory in their long fight for housing rights. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further Information on UA: 95/09 Index: MDE 13/130/2009 Issue Date: 17 December 2009

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Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, two Iranian female converts to Christianity, were released from Evin Prison on 18 November. Both have been acquitted of “acting against state security” but continue to face other charges relating to their conversion. [ Lire la suite » ]