Further information on UA: 195/11 Index: MDE 13/092/2011 Issue Date: 14 October 2011

Farzad Haghshenas, an environmental activist and member of the NGO, Sabzchia (The Green Mountain Society), was released on bail on 1 October.

A member of the Kurdish minority in Iran, Farzad Haghshenas, 35, was released from the Marivan Intelligence detention facility in Kordestan Province, north-western Iran, after the payment of about 520 million rials bail (about US$ 50,000). Throughout his detention he was held in solitary confinement. He is likely to face prosecution in the future. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 301/11 Index: MDE 15/039/2011 Issue Date: 10 October 2011

Please write immediately in Hebrew or your own language asking the Israeli authorities to: PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 21 NOVEMBER 2011 Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 63/11 Index: ASA 23/001/2011 Issue Date: 08 March 2011

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Up to 1,500 families living around Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh are facing imminent forced eviction, as the local authority and the company developing the land seek to clear the area. Intimidation and threats have been used against villagers to coerce them into accepting inadequate compensation or resettlement, and the security forces have used unnecessary force against peaceful gatherings of protesters. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 18/11 Index: AFR 54/007/2011 Issue Date: 28 February 2011

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Further information on UA: 120/10 Index: ASA 17/042/2010 Issue Date: 19 October 2010

Tagyal, Tibetan scholar and writer, was released on bail on 14 October 2010. According to his lawyer, he has returned home.

Tagyal, who writes under the pen name Shogdung, was detained on 23 April 2010 following the publication of his book “The Line between Sky and Earth”. The book, which is banned in China, describes Tibet in the wake of the widespread unrest in 2008 as “a place of terror”. He was held in Xining No.1 Detention Centre on suspicion of “inciting separatism”. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 200/10 AMR 45/005/2010 Issue Date: 10 September 2010

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On 5 September, two leaders of the Kelyenmagategma Indigenous community in Paraguay received death threats while accompanying an international delegation that was investigating their claim to their ancestral land. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 172/10 Index: ASA 20/022/2010 Issue Date: 12 August 2010

Lado Sikaka, a leader of the Dongria Kondh Indigenous communities in India, was released on 12 August, two days after being abducted. Sana Sikaka, another leader who was abducted at the same time, was released on 11 August. [ Lire la suite » ]

 
The school buildings were completed in time for the start of the new school year in September, and at the end of the month the army ordered a moratorium on demolitions in Area C. Soldiers in Area C have generally complied with the moratorium.

The fate of the school is now being fought in court. The court hearing is expected in March (exact date to be confirmed nearer the time). The school remains at risk and sustained campaigning action is important. [ Lire la suite » ]