Intimidation
Urgent action: Turkmenistan. Former prisoner unable to get medical care
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 6 February 2012
UA: 35/12 Index: EUR 61/001/2012 Issue Date: 3 February 2012
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Geldy Kyarizov, a horse breeder who used to work for the government of Turkmenistan but fell out of favour with the authorities, is in very poor health and needs urgent specialist medical treatment abroad. However, he and his family members are reportedly on a ‘black list’ and unable to leave the country. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action (follow-up): Indonesia. Fears for church congregation continue
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 25 January 2012
Further information on UA: 212/11 Index: ASA 21/004/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012
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The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church fear for their safety after they were intimidated by members of radical Islamist groups on 22 January. They are at risk of further intimidation and possible attacks. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action (follow-up): Mexico. Further fears for shelter staff and migrants.
- Posté par : John le 13 December 2011
Further information on UA: 16/11 Index: AMR 41/088/2011 Issue Date: 13 December 2011
Staff, volunteers and migrants at the San Juan Diego migrants’ shelter in Lecheria, Mexico state, are at risk of attack after local community members held a protest outside the shelter and demanded its closure. This follows a pattern of intimidation and harassment against the shelter. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action: El Salvador. Demand justice for massacre victims
- Posté par : Barbel Conrads le 13 December 2011
UA: 354/11 Index: AMR 29/004/2011 Issue Date: 9 December 2011
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International pressure is growing on the government of El Salvador to ensure justice for the victims of a series of massacres carried out by the armed forces in December 1981. The global attention on the case around the thirtieth anniversary of the killings gives an opportunity for El Salvador to take decisive action on the case. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action (follow up) : Indonesia. Increased fears for church congregation .
- Posté par : John le 6 October 2011
Further information on UA: 212/11 Index: ASA 21/031/2011 Issue Date: 5 October 2011
The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church in Bogor, West Java has received new threats. A radical group plans to disrupt the congregation’s weekly Sunday service on 9 October, prompting increased fears for their safety. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action : Indonesia : church congregation threatened
- Posté par : Anne Marie le 7 July 2011
UA: 212/11 Index: ASA 21/017/2011 Issue Date: 06 July 2011
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The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (Gereja Kristen Indonesia, GKI) in Bogor, West Java, is at risk of attacks, harassment and intimidation at their weekly Sunday service on 10 July after receiving threats from members of the local community. The church has been attacked at least six times since 2008. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action: Dominican Republic. police shot Freddy Moreno Lorenzo and now intimidates his family
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 13 May 2011
UA: 138/11 Index: AMR 27/001/2011 Issue Date: 12 May 2011
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On 11 April, Freddy Moreno Lorenzo was shot by police officers at his home and brought to a hospital, where he was shot dead, apparently by the same officers. Since then his aunt, Ana Moreno, who witnessed his death, has been intimidated by the police officers regularly passing by her house with their firearms on show. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action: Workers and activists at risk in Bangladesh
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 24 August 2010
UA: 184/10 Index: ASA 13/008/2010 Issue Date: 23 August 2010
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In recent weeks, police have detained at least 21 garment factory employees and labour rights activists following violent street protests in and around the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. They are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Some workers and activists have gone into hiding. Several others have said that they or their relatives have received death threats from security forces. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action: Protester’s family at risk after killing
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 4 December 2009
UA: 321/09 Index: AMR 41/062/2009 Issue Date: 3 December 2009
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The family of Mariano Abarca Roblero and other environmental protesters in Chicomuselo, southern Mexico, are at risk after Mariano Abarca was shot and killed in front of his home. Before his killing, he and members of his family are believed to have been repeatedly threatened. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action: Leonor Martínez a Human rights activist threatened and attacked
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 2 December 2009
UA: 320/09 Index: AMR 43/015/2009 Issue Date: 1 December 2009
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Human rights activist Leonor Martínez is being threatened and attacked because of her work in a civil society association in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. [ Lire la suite » ]











