UA: 334/09 Index: MDE 24/037/2009 Issue Date: 11 December 2009

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Journalist Ma’an ‘Aqel was arrested on 22 November in the Syrian capital, Damascus. He is now held incommunicado, putting him at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 305/09 Index: EUR 50/007/2009 Issue Date: 11 December 2009

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Further information on UA: 308/09 Index: EUR 55/011/2009 Issue Date: 11 December 2009

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Two jailed male Azerbaijani youth activists and bloggers will have their appeal heard in the capital, Baku, on 22 December. Emin Abdullayev and Adnan Hajizade were imprisoned on charges Amnesty International believes to have been fabricated. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further Information on UA: 231/09 Index: MDE 13/129/2009 Issue Date: 10 December 2009

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Further information on UA: 15/09 Index: AMR 41/065/2009 Issue Date: 10 December 2009

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A woman living in the Lomas del Poleo area of Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, was shot and injured on 4 December. Those living in Lomas del Poleo, particularly those representing local inhabitants in a dispute with landowners, are at risk of further acts of intimidation and attack. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 293/09 Index: AMR 23/031/2009 Issue Date: 10 December 2009

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Six men in Cauca department, western Colombia, including Afro-descendant and Indigenous community leaders, all received the same threatening SMS (text) message simultaneously on 4 December. Those threatened have been opposing further development of a hydroelectric project in the area where they live and work. Their lives may be at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 71/08 Index: MDE 13/128/2009

The execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, a 21-year-old man, scheduled for 9 December, did not take place. No new execution date has been announced. He is held in Adelabad prison in Shiraz, southern Iran. Juvenile offenders have previously been executed without prior warning to their lawyers. [ Lire la suite » ]