UA: 57/10 Index: MDE 12/013/2010 Issue Date: 11 March 2010

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An 34–year-old Egyptian man, Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum, is at imminent risk of execution. He was sentenced to death for murder in July 2005, along with a woman, Jihan Mohammed Ali. Jihan Mohammed Ali was executed on 10 March 2010, and Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum could therefore be put to death at any time. Egypt's President has the power to halt the execution. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 55/10 AI Index: AMR 51/021/2010 Issue Date: 11 March 2010

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Four months after the US Attorney General announced that five Guantánamo detainees would be prosecuted in civilian court in the USA, the five men remain in military custody in Guantánamo, amid signs that the administration may do a U-turn and instead use military commissions. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 21/09 Index: MDE 23/003/2010 Issue Date: 11 March 2010

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Iraqi national Mohammad Abdul Amir has been scheduled for execution on 13 March in the town of Arar, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq. He was found guilty of murder around 1995 after being tortured in order to force him to confess. The King has the power to halt the execution. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 53/10 Index: ASA 37/005/2010

On 2 March, a Sri Lankan news website, Lankanewsweb, published the names of human rights defenders and journalists featured on a list it alleged was compiled by a Sri Lankan intelligence unit. Amnesty International fears that the list was leaked to the press as part of a government campaign to intimidate those named on it, and stop them from speaking out against the authorities. Two male human rights defenders, Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu and J. C. Weliamuna, are at particular risk. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 54/10 Index:AMR 34/002/2010

Three female members of staff at UDEFEGUA, a human rights NGO based in Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City, have been victim to a series of attacks, intimidation and threats. Their lives are in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 56/10 Index: AFR 47/001/2010

Rwandan politician Deogratias Mushayidi has been detained since 5 March. He has been allowed no contact with his lawyer, and he is at risk of ill-treatment.
Deogratias (usually known as Deo) Mushayidi is the Chairman of a political party, the Pact for People's Defence (PDP). It was founded in Belgium, and is active with Rwandans living abroad, but not registered in Rwanda. He was head of the Rwandan Journalists' Association from 1996 to 2000. He is an outspoken critic of the Rwandan government. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 52/10 Index: AMR 41/018/2010

Oaxacan political activist Juan Manuel Martínez and his lawyer, Alba Cruz, have been threatened. Juan Manuel Martínez, who was recently released from prison, is in danger of being arrested and charged a second time with the same crime on the basis of the same evidence. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 204/09 Index: AFR 29/005/2010

Six of the soldiers held without charge in Guinea were released in January and February. The four still detained remain at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 51/10 Index: MDE 13/030/2010 Issue Date: 09 March 2010

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Football journalist Abdollah Sadoughi was arrested in the city of Tabriz, north-west Iran, on 18 January, after publishing a poster supporting the city’s Traktor Sazi football team. He is held without charge at Tabriz prison, and is on hunger strike in protest at what he considers to be his baseless detention. He is a prisoner of conscience, held for peacefully expressing his views. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU on UA: 36/10 Index: MDE 13/024/2010 Issue Date: 9 March 2010

Iranian environmental activist and interpreter Mahfarid Mansourian was released on bail on 21 February, after two weeks’ detention. Amnesty International does not know the precise conditions of her release on bail and she may face charge and trial in the future. [ Lire la suite » ]