Further information on UA: 314/08 Index: AMR 41/064/2010 Issue Date: 02 September 2010

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Mexican Indigenous rights activist and prisoner of conscience Raúl Hernández was released on 27 August after more than two years in prison. However, in the days after his release, he and other Indigenous activists have been threatened, and are in serious danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 187/10 Index: AMR 41/061/2010 Issue Date: 27 August 2010

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Armed men have assaulted and threatened independent trade unionists Cándido Corona Barruecos and Virgilio Meléndez Montiel at the factory where they work, in the central Mexican state of Puebla. Members of a non-governmental labour rights organization supporting the trade unionists have received death threats. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: Index: AMR 23/027/2010 Issue Date: 23 August 2010

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A member of an Afro-descendant community in Colombia has been subjected to enforced disappearance, and possibly killed, by paramilitaries. The rest of the community are in grave danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 222/09 Index: MDE 24/020/2010 Issue Date: 17 August 2010

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‘Abdelbaqi Khalaf is being tortured or otherwise ill-treated, according to reliable sources. Every few weeks, they say, he is taken from Damascus Central prison in ‘Adra, northern Damascus, to a branch of State Security, where officers are trying to force him to “confess” to something which he maintains is not true. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 178/10 Index: AFR 44/014/2010 Issue Date: 13 August 2010

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Oliver Igwe, the 77-year-old father of Nigerian human rights defender Leo Igwe, was attacked in his home by unidentified men, causing him to lose an eye. The police have refused to investigate the incident, which is believed to be linked to the Igwe family’s campaign for justice for a rape survivor.

The family is at risk of further reprisals if the authorities do not protect them. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 277/09 Index: AMR 41/060/2010 Issue Date: 13 August 2010

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Migrants staying at a shelter in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo, Coahuila state, are at imminent risk of being abducted by people-traffickers. In addition, migrants and staff working at the shelter are at risk of harassment and attack. The authorities have done little to protect them. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 170/10 Index: AMR 37/012/2010 Issue Date: 4 August 2010

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A Honduran human rights defender has received a threatening email message and a series of anonymous phone calls. Amnesty International believes that her life may be in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 168/10 Index: EUR 56/004/2010 Issue Date: 02 August 2010

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Timur Tskhovrebov, an independent journalist and civil society activist, was attacked and badly beaten in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, a breakaway territory from Georgia. The attackers also issued threats against his colleague Maria Pliyeva. Both activists are currently outside South Ossetia, but their safety is at risk if they return. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 166/10 Index: AMR 37/011/2010 Issue Date: 29 July 2010

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The car of a Honduran human rights lawyer has been broken into, her papers searched and a laptop computer stolen. Amnesty International believes that she has been targeted because of her human rights work, and she may be in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 01/10 Index: AMR 41/005/2010 Issue Date: 05 January 2010

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Josefina Reyes, a female human rights defender, was shot and killed on 3 January by unidentified gunmen in Mexico. She had protested at scores of abuses committed by the military deployed in the area to fight organized crime. The lives of other human rights defenders are at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]