FU on UA: 175/2009 Index: MDE 13/80/2010 Issue Date: 26 July 2010

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Iran: The wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, have been arrested, apparently to pressure Mohammad Mostafaei to turn himself in for arrest. Both are thought to be held in Evin Prison. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 204/09 Index: AFR 29/008/2010 Issue Date: 07 May 2010

Four soldiers held in Guinea since January 2009, were released on 7 April after 15 months of detention. No charge was ever held against them.

Colonel Soryba Yansané, Lieutenant Colonel David Syllah, Commander Pathio Bangourah and Sergeant Moussa Sylla were released without charge on 7 April 2010 after 15 months of arbitrary detention. [ 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 » ]

UA: 347/09 Index: MDE 13/132/2009 Issue Date: 22 December 2009

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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 » ]

UA: 333/09 Index: MDE 13/127/2009

Two women, Mehrnoush Etemadi and Hayedeh Tabesh, both members of the Campaign for Equality (also known as the One Million Signatures Campaign) have been arrested in Esfahan, central Iran, in relation with their peaceful activities for the Campaign. Mehrnoush Etemadi is held in Dastgerd Prison, Esfahan, but Hayedeh Tabesh’s whereabouts are unknown.

Amnesty International believes both women to be prisoners of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful expression of their right to freedom of expression and association. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 332/09 Index: MDE 19/006/2009

An outspoken critic of the human rights record of Libya, Jamal al-Hajji, was arrested on 9 December and apparently transferred to prison. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his criticism of the Libyan authorities. [ 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 » ]