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 » ]

UA: 315/09 Index: MDE 24/034/2009

Yousef Dheeb al-Hmoud, a male Syrian political activist, is being held incommunicado at an unknown location. He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Yousef Dheeb al-Hmoud, aged 44, was arrested from his home in the city of Deir az-Zawr, eastern Syria, by Syrian security forces on 15 November. His family were unable to identify the security force that the arresting officers belonged to. [ Lire la suite » ]