Further information on UA: 247/10 Index: MDE 31/004/2012

Hassan Ba’oom, leader of a political opposition group in southern Yemen, was released without charge along with his son Fawaz Ba’oom on 7 December 2011. They had been detained incommunicado since 20 February 2011. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 33/12 Index: MDE 24/009/2012 Issue Date: 2 February 2012

Syrian farmer Hussam Ahmed al-Nabulsi was arrested by members of the Syrian Military Intelligence on his way to work in the coastal town of Banias, on 31 December 2011. He has been held incommunicado at an unknown location since then. There are grave concerns that he is being subjected to torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 13/12 Index: ASA 35/002/2012 Issue Date: 30 January 2012

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Three men, who have been missing since 3 January, are now believed to be in police custody in an undisclosed location in the Philippines. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 252/11 Index: MDE 24/008/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012

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Syrian reporter ‘Adel Walid Kharsa was released on 9 January 2011 after over two months in incommunicado detention following his arrest in the city of Hama, central Syria, on 31 October 2011. His brother, ‘Imad Walid Kharsa, appears to have been subjected to enforced disappearance and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 345/11 Index: MDE 24/003/2012 Issue Date: 17 January 2012

Syrian student Suhaib al-Ammar was released without charge on 10 January 2012, following his arrest by Syrian Air Force Intelligence officials on 18 November 2011. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 1/12 Index: AFR 54/001/2012 Issue Date: 03 January 2012

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Political activist and engineer Mohamed Hassan Alim was arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, on 26 December 2011. He was arrested after publicly criticizing a prominent government official. He is being held incommunicado and is at risk of torture and other ill treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 258/11 Index: MDE 24/066/2011 Issue Date: 13 October 2011

Young Syrian activist Hanadi Zahlout, who had been held in incommunicado detention at an unknown location after her arrest on 4 August, has now appeared before a court and is in regular contact with her family and her lawyer. She appears to be no longer at risk of torture. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 255/11 Index: MDE 24/044/2011 Issue Date: 24 August 2011

Prominent Syrian activist Walid al-Bunni and his 18-year-old son, Mu’ayad al-Bunni, have been held in incommunicado detention since 6 August. They were arrested while they were in hiding in Damascus, Syria. They are at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Index: MDE 19/017/2011 - Update on UA: 104/11

Four men, Zeyad Ramadan, Ghazi Ramadan, Khaled Sury and another unnamed man, were released at 9:30pm on 25 April. They had been held incommunicado from 19 March.

On 19 March, a group of men believed to be Internal Security Agency officials, broke down the door of the house where Zeyad Ramadan and Ghazi Ramadan, who are brothers, were living in Western Tripoli, according to relatives who live outside Libya. They arrested them, along with their two guests, father of four, Khaled Sury and another unnamed man. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 114/11 Index: ASA 17/019/2011 Issue Date: 14 April 2011

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Ai Weiwei, an internationally known Chinese artist and critic of the government; Wen Tao,his friend and assistant; Zhang Jingsong, his cousin and driver; Hu Mingfen, his accountant; and Liu Zhenggang, a designer, are all detained incommunicado in China at unknown locations. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]