Further information on UA 114/11 Index: ASA 17/040/2011 Date: 9 September 2011

Liu Zhenggang, a designer, has been released. He was released on 24 June on medical grounds. He remains under surveillance at his home in Beijing, China.
Liu Zhenggang, a designer working at internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei’s design firm, was released from detention on 24 June. He is now at his home in Beijing, China and is under surveillance. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 114/11 Index: ASA 17/019/2011 Issue Date: 14 April 2011

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Ai Weiwei, an internationally known Chinese artist and critic of the government; Wen Tao,his friend and assistant; Zhang Jingsong, his cousin and driver; Hu Mingfen, his accountant; and Liu Zhenggang, a designer, are all detained incommunicado in China at unknown locations. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 35/11 Index: MDE 24/005/2011

Kurdish folk singer ‘Abd al-Rahman Mohammed ‘Omar has been held incommunicado at an unknown location in Syria since his arrest on 24 January and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He may be being denied the regular medication that he requires. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 328/09 Index: MDE 23/014/2010 Issue Date: 11 November 2010

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The Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, has refused to ratify the death sentence on a Lebanese national for “sorcery” and has ordered the case to be reviewed by the original court. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information UA: 215/10 Index: ASA 17/044/2010

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The trial for Chinese artist and activist Wu Yuren has now been scheduled to take place on 17 November at Wenyuhe Court in Beijing. Wu Yuren was detained in May, and allegedly beaten by the police. He has been denied access to medical treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 107/10 Index: MDE 13/067/2010 Issue Date: 24 June 2010

Filmmaker Mohammad Ali Shirzadi was released on bail from Evin Prison in Tehran on 19 June. He is due to face trial in the next few weeks on charges relating to an interview he filmed between a human rights defender and a senior dissident cleric. If convicted and imprisoned, Amnesty International would consider him to be a prisoner of conscience. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 305/09 Index: EUR 50/003/2010 Issue Date: 04 February 2010

On 2 February, Belarusian musician and activist Igor Koktysh was released from the pre-trial detention centre in the Ukraine where he has been held for two and a half years. He has thanked Amnesty International for its support. [ Lire la suite » ]

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

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