Further information on UA: 247/10 Index: MDE 31/004/2012

Hassan Ba’oom, leader of a political opposition group in southern Yemen, was released without charge along with his son Fawaz Ba’oom on 7 December 2011. They had been detained incommunicado since 20 February 2011. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 353/11 Index: AFR 46/002/2012 Issue Date: 31 January 2012

Three Zimbabwean activists from the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) who were arrested in December 2011 have been released on bail. Two charges against them have now been dismissed by a Magistrate. They continue to face a third charge of “undermining the authority of or insulting President Robert Mugabe”. Amnesty International believes that the activists were arrested solely as a result of their legitimate work advocating for media reforms and freedom of expression in Zimbabwe. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 5/12 Index: AMR 51/007/2012 Issue Date: 18 January 2012.

The Governor of the US state of Delaware has commuted the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, three days before the prisoner was due to be executed after nearly 20 years on death row. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 1/12 Index: AFR 54/002/2012 Issue Date: 17 January 2012

Political activist Mohamed Hassan Alim was released without charge on 16 January 2012 after being held incommunicado for 22 days. He was not told why he had been arrested, but believes it was for publicly criticizing a prominent government official. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 336/11 Index: AFR 20/O02/2012 Issue Date: 17 January 2012

Human rights defender Daniel Deuzoumbe Passalet was released without charge on 30 December 2011. He returned to N'Djamena, still weak from his hunger-strike. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 345/11 Index: MDE 24/003/2012 Issue Date: 17 January 2012

Syrian student Suhaib al-Ammar was released without charge on 10 January 2012, following his arrest by Syrian Air Force Intelligence officials on 18 November 2011. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 368/11 Index: ASA 29/001/2012 Issue Date: 13 January 2012

A Maldivian activist who was attacked and detained on 10 December 2011 for organising a peaceful protest calling for religious tolerance was released on 6 January. His attackers remain at large.
Ismail "Khilath" Rasheed was assaulted by about 10 men opposing a peaceful demonstration he had organized in the capital, Malé, on 10 December. He sustained a skull fracture after being hit with stones, but was then arrested by police a few days later. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 122/11 Index: MDE 11/002/2012 Issue Date: 10 January 2012

Two Bahraini men's death sentences imposed by a military court were quashed on 9 January. The cases have been sent to a civilian court of appeal. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 267/11 Index: MDE 24/001/2012 Issue Date: 6 January 2012

Thanks to all of those who took action on behalf of Yassin Ziadeh. No further appeals from the network are required at present.

Yassin Ziadeh, brother of exiled Syrian human rights activist Radwan Ziadeh, was released from detention on 5 November 2011. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 230/11 Index: ASA 17/049/2011 Issue Date: 22 December 2011

Wang Lihong, a human rights activist, has been released. She was released on 20 December from Beijing Chaoyang Detention Centre.

Wang Lihong, a widely-known human rights activist, was released from prison on 20 December after having served her sentence. She is now staying in the suburbs of Beijing, China. [ Lire la suite » ]