Fear of unfair imprisonment
Urgent action (bad news): USA. No clemency in life without parole case for Christi Cheramie
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 8 February 2012
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
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 27 January 2012
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
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 13 January 2012
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
- Posté par : Barbel Conrads le 10 March 2011
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
- Posté par : Barbel Conrads le 1 March 2011
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 » ]











