UA: 38/12 Index: AMR 25/003/2012 Issue Date: 7 February 2012

Cuban authorities have refused blogger Yoani Sánchez permission to travel to Brazil to attend a documentary screening on freedom of expression. Amnesty International believes that this refusal is a punitive measure in response to her outspoken criticism of civil and political rights in Cuba. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 24/12 Index: MDE 11/006/2012 Issue Date: 7 February 2012

A Canadian imprisoned in Bahrain for taking part in protests was released on bail on 6 February 2012. His charges have not been dropped and he has a hearing on 16 February. Amnesty International calls for all the charges against him to be dropped. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 24/12 Index: MDE 11/005/2012 Issue Date: 1 February 2012

Canadian national Naser Bader al-Raas has been imprisoned in Bahrain for taking part in protests in March 2011. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience and calls for his immediate and unconditional release. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 353/11 Index: AFR 46/002/2012 Issue Date: 31 January 2012

Three Zimbabwean activists from the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) who were arrested in December 2011 have been released on bail. Two charges against them have now been dismissed by a Magistrate. They continue to face a third charge of “undermining the authority of or insulting President Robert Mugabe”. Amnesty International believes that the activists were arrested solely as a result of their legitimate work advocating for media reforms and freedom of expression in Zimbabwe. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 299/11 Index: EUR 49/001/2012 Issue Date: 30 January 2012

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Belarusian prisoner of conscience, Andrei Sannikau, met with his wife for the first time in three months on 24 January, when he told her that he had been tortured and that he feared for his life. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 190/11 Index: AFR 27/002/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

Four activists have been convicted over the distribution of Coalition for Change – The Gambia (CCG) t-shirts calling for an ‘End to Dictatorship Now’ in The Gambia. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 21/12 Index: AFR 54/003/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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Further information on UA: 1/12 Index: AFR 54/002/2012 Issue Date: 17 January 2012

Political activist Mohamed Hassan Alim was released without charge on 16 January 2012 after being held incommunicado for 22 days. He was not told why he had been arrested, but believes it was for publicly criticizing a prominent government official. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 368/11 Index: ASA 29/001/2012 Issue Date: 13 January 2012

A Maldivian activist who was attacked and detained on 10 December 2011 for organising a peaceful protest calling for religious tolerance was released on 6 January. His attackers remain at large.
Ismail "Khilath" Rasheed was assaulted by about 10 men opposing a peaceful demonstration he had organized in the capital, Malé, on 10 December. He sustained a skull fracture after being hit with stones, but was then arrested by police a few days later. [ Lire la suite » ]

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

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