UA: 39/12 Index: AMR 44/001/2012 Issue Date: 7 February 2012

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Two protestors were killed and reportedly over 40 people injured when police dispersed a protest by Indigenous Peoples in Panama on 5 February. Protests are likely to continue across the country and there are fears that excessive force may be used by State security forces. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 38/12 Index: AMR 25/003/2012 Issue Date: 7 February 2012

Cuban authorities have refused blogger Yoani Sánchez permission to travel to Brazil to attend a documentary screening on freedom of expression. Amnesty International believes that this refusal is a punitive measure in response to her outspoken criticism of civil and political rights in Cuba. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 37/12 Index: AFR 54/006/2012 Issue Date: 06 February 2012

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Six members of the student-led movement Girifna were arrested on 25 January, after taking part in a public forum on human rights. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 36/12 Index: AMR 51/009/2012 Issue Date: 3 February 2012.

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A 65-year-old man is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Florida on 15 February for a murder committed in January 1980. He has been on death row for half of his life. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 35/12 Index: EUR 61/001/2012 Issue Date: 3 February 2012

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Geldy Kyarizov, a horse breeder who used to work for the government of Turkmenistan but fell out of favour with the authorities, is in very poor health and needs urgent specialist medical treatment abroad. However, he and his family members are reportedly on a ‘black list’ and unable to leave the country. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 34/12 Index: EUR 11/002/2012 Issue Date: 2 February 2012

Around 25 Romani families have been made homeless, after local authorities obliged them to dismantle the sheds in which they were living at a site in Tirana, Albania’s capital. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 33/12 Index: MDE 24/009/2012 Issue Date: 2 February 2012

Syrian farmer Hussam Ahmed al-Nabulsi was arrested by members of the Syrian Military Intelligence on his way to work in the coastal town of Banias, on 31 December 2011. He has been held incommunicado at an unknown location since then. There are grave concerns that he is being subjected to torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 31/12 Index: MDE 15/003/2012 Issue Date: 1 February 2012

Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike since 18 December 2011 in protest against his administrative detention, a procedure which the Israeli authorities use to detain individuals indefinitely without charge or trial. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 32/12 Index: EUR 11/001/2012 Issue Date: 1 February 2012

Nine homeless Romani families temporarily settled by the Albanian authorities in tents on private land have been threatened with imminent forced eviction. No adequate alternative housing has been offered to these families. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 30/12 Index: AFR 20/004/2012 Issue Date: 1 February 2012

Over 670 people have been forcibly evicted and their homes destroyed in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, to enable the construction of a hotel to take place. This is despite reassurances from the local Mayor that they would be allowed enough time to find alternative accommodation. The former residents of the site are now sleeping under nearby trees. [ Lire la suite » ]