Further information on UA: 357/11 Index: ASA 17/005/2012 Issue Date: 8 February 2012

Falun Gong practitioner, Zhou Xiangyang (周向阳), is said to be close to death in prison hospital. He is on a hunger strike and urgently needs to be released on medical parole. [ Lire la suite » ]

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 » ]

UA: 20/12 Index: MDE 24/007/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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Shibal Ibrahim, a member of Syria's Kurdish minority and a political activist, has been held incommunicado by Syrian security forces since his arrest on 22 September 2011. He is believed to be in poor health, and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his activism. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 109/11 Index: AFR 17/001/2011 Issue Date: 12 April 2011

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Bernard Zepherin Teyou is a Cameroonian writer, held as a prisoner of conscience for writing a book about the President's wife. His health is significantly deteriorating because of poor prison conditions in New Bell Prison, in Douala, Cameroon's economic capital. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 264/10 Index: EUR 49/007/2011 Issue Date: 7 March 2011

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Those accused of organizing or taking part in demonstrations on 19 December in Minsk are now on trial, and one of those recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International has already been sentenced to four years in prison. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 35/11 Index: MDE 24/005/2011

Kurdish folk singer ‘Abd al-Rahman Mohammed ‘Omar has been held incommunicado at an unknown location in Syria since his arrest on 24 January and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He may be being denied the regular medication that he requires. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 135/10 Index: EUR 58/021/2010 Issue Date: 12 November 2010

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Prisoner of conscience Azimzhan Askarov is critically ill and was transferred to a prison hospital just outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 12 November. His family and colleagues are concerned that he may die without proper medical treatment, which may not be available in the prison hospital. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 190/10 Index: ASA 17/036/2010

HIV/AIDS activist Tian Xi has been detained since 17 August, in the central Chinese province of Henan, to stop him lobbying the authorities on behalf of people infected with HIV/AIDS through official malpractice. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 313/09 Index: ASA 41/011/2009 Issue Date: 21 December 2009

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Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed on one side. The prison authorities are not providing him with adequate medical care, and his health is in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 340/09 Index: MDE 30/022/2009 Issue Date: 18 December 2009

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Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger. A prominent critic of the Tunisian government, he was sentenced on 26 November 2009 to six months' imprisonment, after an unfair trial. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience. [ Lire la suite » ]