UA: 176/10 Index: ASA 33/009/2010 Issue Date: 13 August 2010

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Political activist Shams-ul-din Baloch was abducted on 1 July in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. Local sources believe the men who abducted him were government agents. He may be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment, and possibly extrajudicial execution. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 169/10 Index: ASA 21/016/2010 Issue Date: 4 August 2010

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At least ten political activists in detention in the Indonesian province of Maluku are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. They were arrested for planning peaceful political activities. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 214/09 Index: MDE 13/055/2010

Behzad Nabavi and Kian Tajbakhsh remain at liberty after they were released temporarily on bail.
Behzad Nabavi, a former parliamentarian, who had been released for 20 days for medical treatment on 16 March 2010, has not yet been returned to prison. He is serving a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of “acting against national security”. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 327/09 Index: MDE 24/010/2010 Issue Date: 07 May 2010

Syrian political activist Ahmed Mustafa Ben-Mohammed, usually known by his pen name of Pir Rostom, was released on bail on 27 April.

Pir Rostom continues to await possible referral for trial on charges such as inciting sectarian and racial strife. It is believed that these relate to articles written by him that were published online. Amnesty International believes that Pir Rostom is no longer at imminent risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 56/10 Index: AFR 47/002/2010

Rwandan politician Deogratias Mushayidi has now been granted access to legal counsel, and was brought before a court on 18 March. His lawyer has confirmed that he is in good health and has been treated well by the authorities. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 316/09 Index: MDE 17/002/2010

Amnesty International has learnt that Kuwaiti journalist Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qader al-Jasem was released on bail on 4 December 2009, 12 days after being detained. He had been held at the Interior Ministry’s Criminal Investigation Department in the Kuwaiti capital, Kuwait City, after criticizing the Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser Al Sabah, during a private meeting in October 2009. [ 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 » ]

UA: 02/10 Index: AMR 37/001/2010

An academic who ran for parliament has received death threats, days after another activist was abducted and killed. Rafael Cáceres had spoken out against the coup that installed a new government in Honduras in June. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 346/09 Index: AMR 53/009/2009 Issue Date: 23 December 2009

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Richard Blanco, a male local government official from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is being detained in a prison in Caracas without any evidence of him having committed a crime. His detention appears to be politically motivated. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 330/09 Index: MDE 30/019/2009

Former political prisoner Lotfi Dassi was arrested by security forces in Tunisia on 23 November, apparently in relation to his activities to secure financial aid for families affected by floods in the town of Redeyef. The authorities have not acknowledged that they are holding him. He may have been subjected to enforced disappearance and is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]