UA: 27/12 Index: MDE 14/003/2012 Issue Date: 27 January 2012

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UA: 28/12 Index: AMR 37/002/2012 Issue Date: 26 January 2012

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Honduran journalist Gilda Silvestrucci has received death threats by phone. In recent weeks she has been campaigning for justice for Honduran journalists who have been threatened, attacked or killed as a consequence of their work, often exposing human rights violations. Her safety could be at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 26/12 Index: 23/004/2012 Issue Date: 26 January 2012

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On 23 January, an attempted kidnapping took place of Blanca Nubia Diaz in Bogotá, Colombia. She is seeking justice for the rape and killing of her daughter Irina del Carmen Villero Díaz by paramilitaries. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 25/12 Index: AMR 41/007/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012

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A human rights defender of the Na Savi Indigenous people (known in Spanish as Mixteco), has been arrested by state judicial police in south-western Mexico. He is in danger of an unfair trial. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 23/12 Index: MDE 15/002/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012

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The Speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Aziz Dweik, has been placed under administrative detention following his arrest on 19 January. This allows the Israeli authorities to detain him indefinitely without charge or trial. [ Lire la suite » ]

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 » ]

UA: 24/12 Index: MDE 11/003/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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A Canadian national in Bahrain had his five-year prison sentence upheld on appeal on 24 January 2012. He was arrested after taking part in protests in March 2011. Amnesty International calls for the charges against him to be dropped. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 22/12 Index: AMR 37/001/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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A Honduran human rights defender and blogger, based in the capital, Tegucigalpa, has received death threats by phone and text message. Her life could be at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 20/12 Index: MDE 24/007/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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Shibal Ibrahim, a member of Syria's Kurdish minority and a political activist, has been held incommunicado by Syrian security forces since his arrest on 22 September 2011. He is believed to be in poor health, and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his activism. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 212/11 Index: ASA 21/004/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church fear for their safety after they were intimidated by members of radical Islamist groups on 22 January. They are at risk of further intimidation and possible attacks. [ Lire la suite » ]