Fear of unfair imprisonment

Urgent action (bad news): USA. No clemency in life without parole case for Christi Cheramie

Further information on UA: 12/12 Index: AMR 51/010/2012 Issue Date: 7 February 2012

Christi Cheramie was sentenced at the age of 16 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. She has been denied clemency by the Louisiana Board of Pardons and must wait seven years before she is permitted to submit a further application for clemency. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action: Mexico. Indigenous rights activist Maximino García Catarino, facing unfair trial

UA: 25/12 Index: AMR 41/007/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 14 MARCH 2012.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

A human rights defender of the Na Savi Indigenous people (known in Spanish as Mixteco), has been arrested by state judicial police in south-western Mexico. He is in danger of an unfair trial. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action: India. Anti-steel plant leader faces false charges

UA: 8/12 Index: ASA 20/002/2012 Issue Date: 12 January 2012

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 23 FEBRUARY 2012 .
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action (follow-up): Activists held in solitary confinement

FU UA: 55/11 Index: AFR 46/005/2011 Issue Date: 08 March 2011

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 19 APRIL 2011 TO:
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date

Thirty-nine of the 45 activists arrested in Harare on 19 February were freed after the treason charges against them were dismissed by a magistrate court. However, six activists remain in custody facing treason charges. Meanwhile, 24 activists arrested in Mutare, including a parliamentarian, had a hearing of the state’s appeal on bail postponed. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action (follow-up): Many still detained following Sudan protests

Further information on UA: 18/11 Index: AFR 54/007/2011 Issue Date: 28 February 2011

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 11 APRIL 2011 TO:
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. [ Lire la suite » ]


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