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Prominent human rights defender arrestedposted on: 2007/06/20

Gopen Chandra Sharma a District Human Rights Monitor (DHRM) with the “National Project on Preventing Torture in India: From Public Awareness to State Accountability”, was arrested in West Bengal on 12 June 2007.

Ongoing persecution of human rights defenders in Tunisiaposted on: 2007/05/24

On 24 May 2007, Mohammed Abbou one of Tunisian leading human rights defenders was forcibly dragged from a meeting with his family simply because his wife Samia mentioned that she had met a joint Front Line and Human Rights First mission in Tunisia to investigate the situation for human rights defenders

Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh released from detentionposted on: 2007/05/23

Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh a human rights defender and leading member of the One Million Signatures Campaign was freed on 16 May 2007 after 9 days imprisonment in Evin prison and having paid a bail sum of 20, 000, 000 Iranian Toman

Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh released from detentionposted on: 2007/05/23

Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh a human rights defender and leading member of the One Million Signatures Campaign was freed on 16 May 2007 after 9 days imprisonment in Evin prison and having paid a bail sum of 20, 000, 000 Iranian Toman

Ongoing harassment of human rights lawyers in Zimbabweposted on: 2007/05/11

In Zimbabwe Human rights lawyers and their families have faced a surge in violent harassment, including arbitrary arrests, detention and violent physical assaults during April and May 2007.

Ongoing harassment of human rights lawyers in Zimbabweposted on: 2007/05/11

In Zimbabwe Human rights lawyers and their families have faced a surge in violent harassment, including arbitrary arrests, detention and violent physical assaults during April and May 2007.

Campaign for Umida Niyazovaposted on: 2007/04/27

Umida Niyazova, Uzbek journalist and human rights defender, was arrested on 22 January 2007 and taken to the pre-trial detention unit in the Uzbek city of Andijan. She was detained for four days before being handed over to the Office for Prosecution of Transport Offences in Tashkent on 26 January. On 21 December 2006, Niyazova's computer and passport were confiscated upon her arrival from Kyrgyzstan to the Tashkent airport in Uzbekistan. The customs officials said her computer contained illegal material. She was forced to flee Uzbekistan. Umida Niyazova turned to the UN in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) for protection. The Kyrgyz immigration services registered her as a person in need of protection. She was informed that all charges against her would be dropped on her return to Uzbekistan; however, she was arrested upon her arrival. The Office for Prosecution of Transport Offences in Uzbekistan initiated a criminal case against Niyazova for violation of articles 233 ("illegal border-crossing") and 246 ("illegal transportation of information material") of the criminal code. Umida Niyazova has worked for CJES since 2000 and with the Central Asian Internet magazine "Oasis" since 2005.

Campaign for Gulbahor Turayevaposted on: 2007/04/27

Gulbahor Turayeva, pathologist and human rights activist, 44, from Andijan. On 14 January 2007 Gulbahor Turayeva was arrested while she was crossing the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border at the Dustlik post. Uzbek customs officers found press material published by the opposition Erk party in her bag. Her husband Farid Yangildin has said that Gulbahor Turayeva was carrying 123 books, some of which written by the chairman of the Erk party, Muhammad Solih. After the detention Turayeva spent two days under arrest at the Andijan Region customs department and was sent to a National Security Service detention centre on 16 January. Gulbahor Turayeva’s house in Andijan was examined the same day and her family members were told that a criminal case had been launched against her under Article 159 of the Criminal Code (attempting to overthrow the constitutional system). The chairman of the Erk party, Muhammad Solih, has said that he is very disappointed by what happened to Gulbahor Turayeva, but stressed that she is a human rights activist sympathising with opposition and sharing its views. Gulbahor Turayeva, a pathologist, is a mother of four.

Campaña por Mutabar Tadjibaevaposted on: 2007/04/18

Mutabar Tadjibaeva es la Presidenta de la organización de derechos humanos Fiery Hearts Club, que tiene su base en la ciudad de Ferghana, en Uzbekistán. Es también una de las fundadoras del movimiento nacional Civil Society y fue nominada al Premio Nobel de la Paz en el 2005. Tadjibaeva ha monitoreado violaciones de los derechos humanos en el valle de Ferghana y ha elaborado informes sobre asuntos como la violación de los derechos de la mujer para el Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), una organización internacional no gubernamental que capacita a periodistas en el área de los derechos humanos. Mutabar Tadjibaeva debía asistir a una conferencia internacional sobre defensores de los derechos humanos en Dublín, en octubre del 2005, ofrecida por Front Line. Fue detenida el 7 de octubre, cuando tenía previsto volar a Tashkent para tomar un vuelo de conexión a Irlanda. El 6 de marzo del 2006, Tadjibaeva fue condenada a ocho años de prisión. Posteriormente, fue trasladada a un hospital psiquiátrico. Según se ha informado, la salud de Mutabar Tadjibaeva se ha deteriorado seriamente, sufre de baja presión arterial y tiene problemas de riñón.

India: Peaceful protesters arrested and detainedposted on: 2007/04/18

Seven human rights defenders and fifty other participants in a peaceful protest marking World Water Day were violently arrested in New Delhi, on 22 March 2007.

The protestors were arrested at the Planning Commission Office where they had requested an appointment with the Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission. Members of the police and Rapid Action Force reportedly used excessive force to arrest the protestors, which resulted in the tearing of some of the female protestors' clothes. The protestors were then taken to the Parliament Police Station where they were told to sign blank arrest memos. All of the male protestors and only two of the female protestors were presented before the judicial magistrate that evening, and were remanded in custody until 5 April 2007.