Further information on UA: 252/11 Index: MDE 24/008/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012

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Syrian reporter ‘Adel Walid Kharsa was released on 9 January 2011 after over two months in incommunicado detention following his arrest in the city of Hama, central Syria, on 31 October 2011. His brother, ‘Imad Walid Kharsa, appears to have been subjected to enforced disappearance and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 351/11 Index: AMR 41/006/2012 Issue Date: 23 January 2012

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The families of two missing environmental activists in Guerrero state, Mexico, have reported being threatened and followed after making a complaint about the activists' enforced disappearance. They and other relatives are in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 11/12 Index: AMR 41/003/2012 Issue Date: 17 January 2012

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From 19 January, the state government and legislature of Nuevo León, northern Mexico, are considering a proposed bill to criminalise enforced disappearance. With 50,000 people killed and thousands missing in Mexico since 2006, this is a crucial opportunity to increase the chance of justice for people who are abducted and disappeared. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 325/09 Index: ASA 33/012/2009 Issue Date: 04 December 2009

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Aakash Mallah, Vice Chairman of the Sindh nationalist party Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), and JSQM activist Noor Mohammad Khaskheli, were abducted on 30 October, in Sindh province, south-eastern Pakistan. Local sources believe the two men were subjected to enforced disappearances by government security officials. They could be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 314/09 Index: MDE 29/013/2009 Issue Date: 24 November 2009

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Ahmed Mahmoud Haddi, a Sahrawi man aged about 32, was abducted on 28 October by people suspected of being members of Moroccan security forces. He may have been subjected to an enforced disappearance, and is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]