Ill-treatment
Urgent action: Ukraine. Somali and Eritrean asylum-seekers detained and ill-treated
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 1 February 2012
UA: 29/12 Index: EUR 50/001/2012 Issue Date: 31 January 2012
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 13 MARCH 2012. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
Somali and Eritrean asylum-seekers and migrants are on hunger strike in protest against their illegal detention at a Migrant Accommodation Centre in Western Ukraine. They, and detainees from other countries supporting them have been threatened and beaten and are at risk of other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]
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Urgent action: Mexico. Indigenous rights activist Maximino García Catarino, facing unfair trial
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 27 January 2012
UA: 25/12 Index: AMR 41/007/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 14 MARCH 2012.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
A human rights defender of the Na Savi Indigenous people (known in Spanish as Mixteco), has been arrested by state judicial police in south-western Mexico. He is in danger of an unfair trial. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action : Russia : tajik man faces extradition, risks torture
- Posté par : Anne Marie le 14 July 2011
UA: 214/11 Index: EUR 46/029/2011 Issue Date: 13 July 2011
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 23 AUGUST 2011.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
The Tajikistani authorities have asked the Russian authorities to extradite Ismon Azimov from Russia for "organization of a criminal group", suspecting that he is a member of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Ismon Azimov would be at serious risk of torture or other ill-treatment if returned to Tajikistan. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action (follow up) : Malaysian activists held in secret detention
- Posté par : Anne Marie le 14 July 2011
Further information on UA: 210/11 Index: ASA 28/004/2011 Issue Date: 8 July 2011
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 19 AUGUST 2011. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
Six Malaysian activists detained under an emergency law are now being held in a secret location, which heightens their risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]
urgent action (follow up) : Syrian prisoner released, brother still held
- Posté par : Anne Marie le 12 July 2011
Further information on UA: 149/11 Index: MDE 24/033/2011 Issue Date: 7 July 2011
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 18 AUGUST 2011.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
‘Abd al-Rahman Hammada was released on bail on 27 June 2011 after spending a month and a half in detention. He was reportedly tortured during the first two weeks of his detention. His brother Wa’el Hammada has been held incommunicado since his arrest on 12 May. Amnesty International is gravely concerned for his safety. [ Lire la suite » ]
