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 » ]

Further information on UA: 62/10 Index: MDE 13/084/2011 Issue Date: 26 September 2011

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Prisoner of conscience Milad Asadi was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on 27 August 2011 where he had been serving a seven year prison sentence. His release followed a pardon by the Supreme Leader. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 151/11 Index: MDE 24/021/2011 Issue Date: 23 May 2011

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Syrian civil society activist Amjad Baiazy has been held incommunicado since his arrest at Syria’s Damascus International Airport on 12 May. Amnesty International believes that he may be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression. He is at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 175/10 Index: EUR 44/003/2011

On 21 April, prisoner of conscience İnan S. fled from hospital where he had been transferred to from Manisa-Saruhanlı prison. He was re-arrested the next day, while he was with his friends in the Western coastal province of Izmir. İnan S. was taken to Buca prison in Izmir. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 111/11 Index: MDE 25/001/2011 Issue Date: 13 April 2011

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Two civil society activists and an economist have been detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), apparently linked to their calls for political reform. Their lawyer does not know where they are being held. They are likely to be prisoners of conscience. [ 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 » ]

UA: 62/11 Index: MDE 23/007/2011 Issue Date: 08 March 2011

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A 25-year-old teacher was arrested on 4 March during a protest held in Riyadh calling for reform. On 2 March, a video of him calling for protests in support of the fall of the monarchy was posted on YouTube. Amnesty International is concerned that he may be held solely for the peaceful expression of his right to freedom of expression and may therefore be a prisoner of conscience. [ 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 » ]

Further information on UA: 175/10 Index: EUR 44/019/2010

Turkish prisoner of conscience İnan S. has been moved to a prison in the western coastal city of İzmir, where he is now held pending trial on charges of "infringement of leave". When serving a previous sentence for "desertion" at the same prison, he reported being beaten by prison guards. He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further Information on UA: 239/09 Index: MDE 13/073/2010 Issue Date: 07 July 2010

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Iranian human rights defender Ali Bikas was released from Evin Prison on 29 June 2010 after being acquitted of all charges on appeal. He had previously been sentenced to seven years imprisonment and was a prisoner of conscience. [ Lire la suite » ]