Further information on UA: 24/12 Index: MDE 11/005/2012 Issue Date: 1 February 2012

Canadian national Naser Bader al-Raas has been imprisoned in Bahrain for taking part in protests in March 2011. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience and calls for his immediate and unconditional release. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 299/11 Index: EUR 49/001/2012 Issue Date: 30 January 2012

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Belarusian prisoner of conscience, Andrei Sannikau, met with his wife for the first time in three months on 24 January, when he told her that he had been tortured and that he feared for his life. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 4/12 Index: MDE 11/001/2012 Issue Date: 5 January 2012

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Hassan ‘Oun, an 18-year-old student accused of illegal public gathering, has allegedly been subjected to tortured and other ill-treatment while in detention in a police station, His brother is in hiding and may also be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment if arrested. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 144/11 Index: MDE 13/049/2011 Issue Date: 19 May 2011

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UA: 113/11 Index: MDE 14/022/2011 Issue Date: 14 April 2011

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Firas Ali, an Iraqi political activist, was detained at the office of the Federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions in Iraq, Baghdad, at about 2pm on 13 April. A protester, Haidar Shihab Ahmad Abdel Latif, is believed to have been detained on 1 April on Tahrir Square, Baghdad. Their whereabouts are unknown. Amnesty International fears that they and other detained activists are at high risk of torture. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 73/11 Index: ASA 13/002/2011 Issue Date: 15 March 2011

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A 20-year-old man, Manik, is at risk of torture and extrajudicial execution in Bangladesh after being arrested on 8 March 2011. He was showing his relatives the place where his elder brother was killed on 12 February 2011, allegedly by security forces. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA 95/10 Index: ASA 17/008/2011 Issue Date: 24 February 2011

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Mao Hengfeng, a Shanghai-based human rights defender, was released from Re-education Through Labour (RTL) on medical parole on 22 February. On 24 February she was sent back to RTL on the grounds of having violated the terms for medical parole. She is at risk of torture. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA 195/10 MDE 11/005/2010 Issue Date: 8 October 2010

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Around 250 individuals in Bahrain are believed to have been detained as part of a clampdown against Shi’a political opposition and activism ahead of parliamentary elections on 23 October. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 334/09 Index: MDE 24/037/2009 Issue Date: 11 December 2009

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Journalist Ma’an ‘Aqel was arrested on 22 November in the Syrian capital, Damascus. He is now held incommunicado, putting him at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ 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 » ]