Further information on UA: 270/11 Index: ASA 33/017/2011 Issue Date: 13 October 2011

Pakistani journalist Rehmatullah Darpakhel, who was abducted on 11 August 2011, was released on 12 October and is now recovering with his family.
On the afternoon of 11 August 2011, journalist Rehmatullah Darpakhel was abducted by unknown men as he shopped for groceries in his home town of Miran Shah in North Waziristan, in north-western Pakistan. [ Lire la suite » ]

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: 111/11 Index: MDE 25/001/2011 Issue Date: 13 April 2011

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Two civil society activists and an economist have been detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), apparently linked to their calls for political reform. Their lawyer does not know where they are being held. They are likely to be prisoners of conscience. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 48/11 Index: AMR 23/002/2011 Issue Date: 28 February 2011

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On 17 February Colombian environmentalist Sandra Viviana Cuellar Gallego may have been subjected to enforced disappearance in Cali, western Colombia, on her way to give a lecture at the National University in nearby Palmira. Her identity card, mobile phone and other personal belongings have been found, but her whereabouts remain unknown. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 325/09 Index: ASA 33/012/2009 Issue Date: 04 December 2009

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Aakash Mallah, Vice Chairman of the Sindh nationalist party Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), and JSQM activist Noor Mohammad Khaskheli, were abducted on 30 October, in Sindh province, south-eastern Pakistan. Local sources believe the two men were subjected to enforced disappearances by government security officials. They could be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]