Further information on UA: 257/09 Index: MDE 24/035/2009

Berzani Karro, a Syrian Kurdish man and possible prisoner of conscience, is reported to have been tortured while being held incommunicado for three months after his forcible return to Syria from Cyprus in June. He is now known to be in ‘Adra prison in Damascus, the capital of Syria. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 319/09 Index: AMR 23/029/2009

The life of Luz Elsia Almanza, a female human rights defender in Colombia, is in danger, after a paramilitary group declared her to be a "military target". Luz Elsia Almanza works to end impunity in cases of enforced disappearances in Colombia. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 316/09 Index: MDE 17/002/2009

Male Kuwaiti journalist, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qader al-Jasem, was detained at a Criminal Investigation office in Kuwait City on 22 November. At a private meeting in October 2009, he criticised the Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser Al Sabah. He is a prisoner of conscience. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 315/09 Index: MDE 24/034/2009

Yousef Dheeb al-Hmoud, a male Syrian political activist, is being held incommunicado at an unknown location. He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Yousef Dheeb al-Hmoud, aged 44, was arrested from his home in the city of Deir az-Zawr, eastern Syria, by Syrian security forces on 15 November. His family were unable to identify the security force that the arresting officers belonged to. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 314/09 Index: MDE 29/013/2009 Issue Date: 24 November 2009

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Ahmed Mahmoud Haddi, a Sahrawi man aged about 32, was abducted on 28 October by people suspected of being members of Moroccan security forces. He may have been subjected to an enforced disappearance, and is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 230/09 Index: ASA 17/066/2009 Issue Date: 24 November 2009

Zhuang Lu, a 27-year-old woman who worked for the Open Constitution Initiative (OCI, known as Gongmeng in Chinese), a legal aid and research organization, is now known to be staying at her parents' home in Fujian province, southeast China. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 183/09, Index: MDE 15/023/2009, Issue Date: 10 July 2009

Israël : the Israeli authorities have agreed to grant Palestinian man Ahmed Abu Mteer permission to leave Gaza in order to travel to a Palestinian hospital in East Jerusalem, where he can receive life-saving treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]