UA: 188/10 Index: MDE 24/023/2010 Issue Date: 26 August 2010

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A Syrian Kurdish man has been held incommunicado since 19 August, after he was forcibly returned to Syria from Norway. He is in grave danger of torture. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: Index: AMR 23/027/2010 Issue Date: 23 August 2010

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A member of an Afro-descendant community in Colombia has been subjected to enforced disappearance, and possibly killed, by paramilitaries. The rest of the community are in grave danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 148/10 Index: MDE 15/020/2010 Issue Date: 18 August 2010

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Three families in the Palestinian community of Hmayyir, in the al-Farisiya area of the West Bank, are at imminent risk of forced eviction from their homes and the destruction of their property. The authorities have not consulted with the 19 people affected, and have not compensated them for damage to their property during previous evictions. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 222/09 Index: MDE 24/020/2010 Issue Date: 17 August 2010

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‘Abdelbaqi Khalaf is being tortured or otherwise ill-treated, according to reliable sources. Every few weeks, they say, he is taken from Damascus Central prison in ‘Adra, northern Damascus, to a branch of State Security, where officers are trying to force him to “confess” to something which he maintains is not true. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 172/10 Index: ASA 20/20/2010 Issue Date: 10 August 2010

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Two leaders of the Dongria Kondh indigenous communities, campaigning against a proposed bauxite mine in the Niyamgiri Hills in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, were abducted by unidentified gunmen on 9 August 2010. The authorities have not yet begun an investigation. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU on UA: 290/09 Index: ASA 17/030/2010 Issue Date: 27 July 2010

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Hairat Niyaz, a journalist from China's ethnic Uighur community, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 23 July 2010. He continues to be held incommunicado and has been denied access to legal counsel of his choice. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA 257/09 index 24/007/2010

Syria Kurd Berzani Karro, who was tortured in custody, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment for "attempting to sever part of the Syrian territory and annex it to a foreign state."
Berzani Karro was brought before a military court on 14 March, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment, immediately commuted to two-and-a-half years. He intends to appeal, though such appeals are rarely successful. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 348/09 Index: ASA 41/013/2009 Issue Date: 23 December 2009

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A mob with official backing is attempting to evict nearly 200 Buddhist monks and nuns from a monastery in central Viet Nam. The group have been sheltering there since they were evicted from another monastery in September, by a similar mob. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 342/09 Index: MDE 24/038/2009 Issue Date: 21 December 2009

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Kurdish lawyer Mustafa Ismail was detained on 12 December, and has been held incommunicado since then. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 336/09 Index: ASA 17/071/2009

Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz, a 17-year old boy, has been held incommunicado since 27 July in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and his family fear for his life. [ Lire la suite » ]