UA: Index: AMR 23/027/2010 Issue Date: 23 August 2010

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A member of an Afro-descendant community in Colombia has been subjected to enforced disappearance, and possibly killed, by paramilitaries. The rest of the community are in grave danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 178/10 Index: AFR 44/014/2010 Issue Date: 13 August 2010

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Oliver Igwe, the 77-year-old father of Nigerian human rights defender Leo Igwe, was attacked in his home by unidentified men, causing him to lose an eye. The police have refused to investigate the incident, which is believed to be linked to the Igwe family’s campaign for justice for a rape survivor.

The family is at risk of further reprisals if the authorities do not protect them. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 173/10 Index: AMR 13/005/2010 Issue Date: 12 August 2010

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On 7 August, violence and threats in the remote northern Argentinian town of La Leonesa stopped community activists hearing a talk by a renowned scientist about his findings of the health impact of chemicals sprayed on rice and soya crops. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 172/10 Index: ASA 20/022/2010 Issue Date: 12 August 2010

Lado Sikaka, a leader of the Dongria Kondh Indigenous communities in India, was released on 12 August, two days after being abducted. Sana Sikaka, another leader who was abducted at the same time, was released on 11 August. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU on UA: 172/10 Index: ASA 20/021/2010 Issue Date: 10 August 2010

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Sana Sikaka, a leader of the Dongria Kondh indigenous communities who was abducted by gunmen on 9 August, has been released. Another leader is still being held.

Sana Sikaka, one of the Dongria Kondh indigenous community leaders in the eastern Indian state of Orissa who was abducted on the evening on 9 August, was released yesterday evening. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU on UA: 14810 Index: MDE 15/018/2010 Issue Date: 6 August 2010

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Ninety-two people from the Palestinian village of Hmayyir, in the al-Farisiya area of the occupied West Bank, have had their homes demolished as the Israeli authorities continue with large-scale destruction there. On 5 August, 27 tents that people were living in and 10 other properties used for agricultural purposes were demolished. People are at risk across the West Bank. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 167/10 Index: EUR 70/012/2010 Issue Date: 30 July 2010

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The authorities in Belgrade, Serbia's capital, are preparing to carry out the latest in a series of forced evictions of Roma communities living in informal settlements. At least 70 homes in an area known as Vidikovac will be demolished. The families who live there could be left homeless as a result of the evictions. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 165/10 Index: MDE 12/029/2010 Issue Date: 28 July 2010

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On 25 July, residents of Al-Sahaby area in central Aswan, Egypt, complained to the Governorate of Aswan about plans to demolish their homes. The 1,500 affected families have not been consulted about this decision by the authorities and the alternative housing available to them in insufficient for their needs and located far from schools and healthcare facilities. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU on UA: 175/2009 Index: MDE 13/80/2010 Issue Date: 26 July 2010

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Iran: The wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, have been arrested, apparently to pressure Mohammad Mostafaei to turn himself in for arrest. Both are thought to be held in Evin Prison. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 196/09 Index: AFR 46/001/2010 Issue Date: 05 February 2010

Thousands of people in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, are no longer facing eviction from their market stalls and homes. Amnesty International has recently received formal notification that the threat of forced evictions had been withdrawn. [ Lire la suite » ]