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Torture and Terror

Questions emerge about apparent suicides

AloysiaB
7 February 2010, 03:18PM

New revelations about the possible murder of three detainees in 2006 have come to light in an article recently published by Harpers Magazine.

Individuals at Risk

Thousands spared eviction in Zimbabwe

Rose Kulak
5 February 2010, 05:06PM

Thousands of people in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, are no longer facing eviction from their market stalls and homes

Individuals at Risk

Prisoner of conscience Igor Koktysh released

Rose Kulak
4 February 2010, 01:55PM

On 2 February, Belarusian musician and activist Igor Koktysh was released from the pre-trial detention centre in Ukraine where he has been held for two and a half years.

Individuals at Risk

Iranian cleric released on bail

Rose Kulak
2 February 2010, 04:09PM

Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Khalaji was released on bail on 1 February, after nearly three weeks in Evin prison in Iran's capital, Tehran.

Guantanamo Perimeter

Torture and Terror

Broken promises: indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay

AloysiaB
1 February 2010, 10:49AM

After a year in office, many promises made by the Obama administration remain un-kept. The internationally condemned facility at Guantanamo Bay remains open, and many remain detained without charge or prospect of release.

Individuals at Risk

Chinese pro-democracy writer released

Rose Kulak
27 January 2010, 03:52PM

Zhao Shiying (better known by his pen name Zhao Dagong) was released and returned home on 25 January 2010.

Demand Dignity

Giving life, risking death in Burkina Faso

Beck T
27 January 2010, 01:32PM

Every year, more than 2,000 women die in Burkina Faso from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these deaths could have been prevented.

Individuals at Risk

Venezuelan farmer able to see family

Rose Kulak
26 January 2010, 03:59PM

Farmer Franklin Brito Rodríguez, who after a court order was put in a military hospital for treatment for the effect of a public hunger strike, is now able to see his family.

Individuals at Risk

Iranian student released on bail

Rose Kulak
25 January 2010, 04:17PM

Iranian political science student Payam Jahangiry was released on bail on 17 January after six weeks’ detention without charge in the city of Shiraz, Iran.

Individuals at Risk

Prisoner’s brother released

Rose Kulak
21 January 2010, 04:24PM

Tunisian Walid Romdhani was released on 20 January. His arrest was believed to be linked to his work to expose the torture and other ill-treatment of his imprisoned brother, Ramzi Romdhani.

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