Further information on UA: 349/11 Index: AMR 41/008/2012 Issue Date: 6 February 2012

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On 3 February, Norma Andrade was attacked with a knife by an unknown man at her home in Mexico City. There are grave fears for her safety and that of her colleagues and family. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 299/11 Index: EUR 49/001/2012 Issue Date: 30 January 2012

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Belarusian prisoner of conscience, Andrei Sannikau, met with his wife for the first time in three months on 24 January, when he told her that he had been tortured and that he feared for his life. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 26/12 Index: 23/004/2012 Issue Date: 26 January 2012

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On 23 January, an attempted kidnapping took place of Blanca Nubia Diaz in Bogotá, Colombia. She is seeking justice for the rape and killing of her daughter Irina del Carmen Villero Díaz by paramilitaries. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 22/12 Index: AMR 37/001/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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A Honduran human rights defender and blogger, based in the capital, Tegucigalpa, has received death threats by phone and text message. Her life could be at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]

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 » ]

Further information on UA: 351/11 Index: AMR 41/006/2012 Issue Date: 23 January 2012

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The families of two missing environmental activists in Guerrero state, Mexico, have reported being threatened and followed after making a complaint about the activists' enforced disappearance. They and other relatives are in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 19/12 Mexico Index: AMR 41/005/2012 Issue Date: 20/01/2012

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The relatives of three men who have filed complaints for torture while in military custody have been threatened and intimidated by military personnel at their homes in Baja California state, Mexico. Amnesty International fears for their safety. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 9/12 Index: ASA 21/002/2012 Issue Date: 13 January 2012

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Hundreds of Indonesian Shi'a Muslims have been living in a temporary shelter after their village was attacked by anti-Shi’a groups at the end of December. On 12 January, they were forced back to their village, despite an ongoing risk of further attacks. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 231/10 Index: AFR 54/040/2010 Issue Date: 13 December 2011

On 13 December, charges against human rights activist Abdelrahman Adam Abdelrahman and journalist Jaafar Alsabki Ibrahim were dropped following orders from the Sudanese Minister of Justice. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 195/11 Index: MDE 13/092/2011 Issue Date: 14 October 2011

Farzad Haghshenas, an environmental activist and member of the NGO, Sabzchia (The Green Mountain Society), was released on bail on 1 October.

A member of the Kurdish minority in Iran, Farzad Haghshenas, 35, was released from the Marivan Intelligence detention facility in Kordestan Province, north-western Iran, after the payment of about 520 million rials bail (about US$ 50,000). Throughout his detention he was held in solitary confinement. He is likely to face prosecution in the future. [ Lire la suite » ]