UA: 214/11 Index: EUR 46/029/2011 Issue Date: 13 July 2011

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The Tajikistani authorities have asked the Russian authorities to extradite Ismon Azimov from Russia for "organization of a criminal group", suspecting that he is a member of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Ismon Azimov would be at serious risk of torture or other ill-treatment if returned to Tajikistan. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 210/11 Index: ASA 28/004/2011 Issue Date: 8 July 2011

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Six Malaysian activists detained under an emergency law are now being held in a secret location, which heightens their risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 149/11 Index: MDE 24/033/2011 Issue Date: 7 July 2011

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‘Abd al-Rahman Hammada was released on bail on 27 June 2011 after spending a month and a half in detention. He was reportedly tortured during the first two weeks of his detention. His brother Wa’el Hammada has been held incommunicado since his arrest on 12 May. Amnesty International is gravely concerned for his safety. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 158/11 Index: MDE 14/031/2011

Four activists detained in Iraq on 27 May were released on 7 June. They allege that they were tortured in detention. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 65/11 Index: MDE 14/008/2011

At least 10 protesters were detained in Baghdad on 7 March and their whereabouts are currently unknown. Amnesty International fears they might be at high risk of torture, following allegations from other protesters that they were tortured in detention. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA 95/10 Index: ASA 17/008/2011 Issue Date: 24 February 2011

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Mao Hengfeng, a Shanghai-based human rights defender, was released from Re-education Through Labour (RTL) on medical parole on 22 February. On 24 February she was sent back to RTL on the grounds of having violated the terms for medical parole. She is at risk of torture. [ 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: 222/09 Index: MDE 24/019/2010 Issue Date: 03 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 a crime he maintains he did not commit. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 257/09 Index: MDE 24/035/2009

Berzani Karro, a Syrian Kurdish man and possible prisoner of conscience, is reported to have been tortured while being held incommunicado for three months after his forcible return to Syria from Cyprus in June. He is now known to be in ‘Adra prison in Damascus, the capital of Syria. [ Lire la suite » ]