UA: 20/12 Index: MDE 24/007/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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Shibal Ibrahim, a member of Syria's Kurdish minority and a political activist, has been held incommunicado by Syrian security forces since his arrest on 22 September 2011. He is believed to be in poor health, and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his activism. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 212/11 Index: ASA 21/004/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church fear for their safety after they were intimidated by members of radical Islamist groups on 22 January. They are at risk of further intimidation and possible attacks. [ Lire la suite » ]

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: 297/11 Index: MDE 15/036/2011 Issue Date: 5 October 2011

On 18 September, the Israeli military served three “stop work” orders against four domestic structures belonging to three Palestinian Bedouin families in the Tubas district in the occupied West Bank. These orders precede demolition orders, so the properties could be destroyed at any time. The villages are in “Area C” where the Israeli authorities effectively prohibit any Palestinian construction. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 143/11 Index: AMR 23/015/2011 Issue Date: 18 May 2011

On 13 May, information documenting human rights abuses was stolen from the home of Danilo Rueda, a Colombian human rights defender. He is a member of the organization Inter-Church Commission of Justice and Peace, whose members have previously received death threats. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 95/11 Index: MDE 13/035/2011

A Kurdish man, Sherko Moarefi, is scheduled to be executed on 1 May, in the western Iranian province of Kordestan. He was convicted of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) for his purported membership of a proscribed Kurdish opposition group. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU UA: 72/11 Index: EUR 50/006/2011 Issue Date: 22 March 2011

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The Ukrainian authorities must abide by the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) taken on 18 March and suspend the deportation of four Afghan citizens from Ukraine. They must ensure that all four men are provided with an effective opportunity to appeal against the earlier rejection of their asylum applications. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 70/11 Index: MDE 14/011/2011 Issue Date: 18 March 2011

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 29 APRIL 2011 to the KRG representatives in your country. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

Walid Yunis Ahmad has been sentenced to five years in prison, after an unfair trial. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further Information UA: 271/09 Index: MDE 13/026/2011

Two Iranian Kurdish men, who were arrested while celebrating the postponement of a fellow activist's execution in December, remain in detention. They are both prisoners of conscience. Habibollah Latifi is still at risk of execution, but no new date for his execution has been scheduled. [ 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 » ]