Further Information on UA: 09/10 Index: AMR 41/013/2010 Issue Date: 12 February 2010

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One of the three people unlawfully arrested by the army on 29 December was able to make a phone call on 4 February. None of the three has had any other contact with the outside world, and they are believed to have been subjected to enforced disappearance. [ 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 » ]

AFR 16/001/2009 - Further Information on UA 318/08 (AFR 16/007/2008, 19 November 2008)

Prisoner of conscience Alexis Sinduhije was released on 11 March, and the charges against him were dropped, on the orders of the High Court (Tribunal de Grande Instance [ Lire la suite » ]

MDE 13/166/2008 - Further Information on UA 169/08 (MDE 13/084/2008, 17 June 2008) and follow-up (MDE 13/119/2008, 19 August 2008 and MDE 13/128/2008, 29 August 2008)

Mahboubeh Karami was acquitted by Branch 15 of the revolutionary Court in Tehran on 11 November. The court found that there was insufficient evidence against her in relation to the charges of “acting against state security” and “disturbing public order”. [ Lire la suite » ]

MDE 13/090/2008 - Further Information on UA 157/08 (MDE 13/077/2008, 05 June 2008)

Student Nahid Kalhor was released on bail on 11 June from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in the south-western city of Qom. After being arrested on 1 June, Nahid Kalhor was held in solitary confinement for the first three days of her custody.

Nahid Kalhor was forced, during interrogation to reveal the passwords to her e-mail and weblog after which, she was questioned about her contacts within and outside of Iran. [ Lire la suite » ]