Further information on UA: 50/11 Index: ASA 17/002/2012 Issue Date: 6 January 2012

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Chinese activist Chen Wei sentenced to nine years [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA 114/11 Index: ASA 17/040/2011 Date: 9 September 2011

Liu Zhenggang, a designer, has been released. He was released on 24 June on medical grounds. He remains under surveillance at his home in Beijing, China.
Liu Zhenggang, a designer working at internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei’s design firm, was released from detention on 24 June. He is now at his home in Beijing, China and is under surveillance. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU UA: 136/11 Index: ASA 20/029/2011 Issue Date: 20 June 2011

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Nineteen-year-old Zaffar Shafi Hakeem was released from police custody on the evening of 18 June, after local media highlighted Amnesty International’s urgent action appeal. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 132/11 Index: ASA 41/002/2011 Issue Date: 10 May 2011

The lawyer and family of popular Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Hoang Hai, also known as Dieu Cay, have not been allowed to visit him in prison for six months. There are concerns for his health, as they have also been prevented from sending him food and medicine. Despite completing a 30-month prison sentence in October 2010, he was detained for further investigation on charges of “conducting propaganda” against the state. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 59/11 Index: ASA 33/001/2011 Issue Date: 04 March 2011

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Muzaffar Bhutto, a senior member of a Sindhi nationalist political party in Pakistan, has been abducted for a second time allegedly by plain-clothed intelligence agents and police on 25 February. His wife is concerned for his life, as he is suffering from serious health problems. Amnesty International fears he might be tortured or ill-treated whilst in detention. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 50/11 Index: ASA 17/010/2011 Issue Date: 1 March 2011

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In an apparent attempt to prevent “Jasmine Revolution” inspired demonstrations, over 100 activists in China have been detained or placed under surveillance by the police since 19 February. Five activists in criminal detention are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

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

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Further information on UA: 204/09 Index: AFR 29/008/2010 Issue Date: 07 May 2010

Four soldiers held in Guinea since January 2009, were released on 7 April after 15 months of detention. No charge was ever held against them.

Colonel Soryba Yansané, Lieutenant Colonel David Syllah, Commander Pathio Bangourah and Sergeant Moussa Sylla were released without charge on 7 April 2010 after 15 months of arbitrary detention. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 11/10 Index: ASA 17/006/2010

Zhao Shiying, independent writer and detained signatory of Charter 08, was released and returned home on 25 January 2010. He remains under surveillance by police.

Zhao Shiying (better known by his pen name Zhao Dagong) had been taken from his home in the city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, by police on 11 January. He has signed Charter 08, a proposal for fundamental legal and political reform in China that aims to achieve a democratic system that respects human rights [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 346/09 Index: AMR 53/009/2009 Issue Date: 23 December 2009

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Richard Blanco, a male local government official from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is being detained in a prison in Caracas without any evidence of him having committed a crime. His detention appears to be politically motivated. [ Lire la suite » ]