Further information on UA: 349/11 Index: AMR 41/008/2012 Issue Date: 6 February 2012

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On 3 February, Norma Andrade was attacked with a knife by an unknown man at her home in Mexico City. There are grave fears for her safety and that of her colleagues and family. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 14/12 Index: AMR 23/006/2012 Issue Date: 6 February 2012

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Members of the Regional Human Rights Corporation (CREDHOS) in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, have received new death threats from paramilitaries. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 205/11 Index: AFR 54/004/2012 Issue Date: 31 January 2012

On 22 January, Sudanese human rights activist Bushra Gamar Hussein Rahma was transferred from Kober prison, Khartoum, into the custody of the Attorney-General. This could signify that he is either due to be released, or charged. It is therefore a crucial time to pressure the authorities. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 25/12 Index: AMR 41/007/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012

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A human rights defender of the Na Savi Indigenous people (known in Spanish as Mixteco), has been arrested by state judicial police in south-western Mexico. He is in danger of an unfair trial. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 22/12 Index: AMR 37/001/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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A Honduran human rights defender and blogger, based in the capital, Tegucigalpa, has received death threats by phone and text message. Her life could be at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 355/11 Index: AMR 25/002/2012 Issue Date: 23 January 2012

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Cuban human right activists Ivonne Malleza Galano and Ignacio Martínez Montejo were released from detention on 20 January, along with Isabel Haydee Álvarez, who was detained after calling on officials to release the two activists. They had been held for 52 days without charge, following their participation in a peaceful anti-government demonstration on 30 November 2011. [ 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: 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 » ]

Further information on UA: 231/10 Index: AFR 54/040/2010 Issue Date: 13 December 2011

On 13 December, charges against human rights activist Abdelrahman Adam Abdelrahman and journalist Jaafar Alsabki Ibrahim were dropped following orders from the Sudanese Minister of Justice. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 349/11 Index: AMR 41/080/2011 Issue Date: 5 December 2011

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Human rights defender Norma Esther Andrade was shot by an unknown gunman at her home in Chihuhua state, northern Mexico on 2 December. There are grave fears for her security, and that of her family and colleagues. [ Lire la suite » ]