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Upsurge of violence against human rights organizations in Guatemalaposted on: 2007/05/24

On 20 May 2007 intruders broke into the office of ActionAid in Zone 13 of Guatemala City and stole computer hard-drives containing files on ActionAids work in Guatemala. No other items of value were taken. ActionAid is the fifth member of the International Forum of NGOs to be attacked in the last month.

Upsurge of violence against human rights organizations in Guatemalaposted on: 2007/05/24

On 20 May 2007 intruders broke into the office of ActionAid in Zone 13 of Guatemala City and stole computer hard-drives containing files on ActionAids work in Guatemala. No other items of value were taken. ActionAid is the fifth member of the International Forum of NGOs to be attacked in the last month.

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

Front Line mission to DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenyaposted on: 2007/05/14

A Front Line mission visited Rwanda, Burundi, the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Kenya between 8 and 16 of April 2007. Front Line Director Mary Lawlor and Protection Coordinator Natacha O’Brien met with human rights defenders at risk and national authorities to discuss the protection and security of human rights defenders in the region

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.

Preocupa la seguridad de defensor de los derechos humanos de Uzbekistán y su familia.posted on: 2007/03/29

Según ha sabido Front Line, la salud de Mutabar Tadjibaeva, presidenta de la organización de derechos humanos Fiery Hearts Club, detenido durante siete meses en la unidad psiquiátrica de un centro de detención de mujeres se deteriora rápidamente, a la vez que se ha intensificado el hostigamiento hacia su familia.

Mutabar Tadjibaeva fue vista por su familia por última vez el 9 de enero del 2007, pese a numerosos intentos de visitarla en su lugar de detención. De acuerdo con lo dicho por Rasul Tadjibaev, su hermano, y su hija, Malillo Akramova, ha Mutabar Tadjibaeva ha perdido alrededor de 25 kilos y tiene problemas en el hígado causados por las condiciones y el frío de la celda de aislamiento donde se encuentra. El parte del médico jefe de la presión niega que su salud esté desmejorando y afirma que se encuentra “en buenas condiciones de salud”.

Las autoridades vigilan constantemente a Rasul Tadjibaev, quien además no puede regresar a su departamento desde el 22 de marzo del 2007.

Russian human rights defenders face on going harassmentposted on: 2007/03/23

On 22 March 2007, police officers arrived at the office of the Nizhny Novgorod Foundation to Support Tolerance in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia with the suspected intent of detaining two of its leaders, Stanislav Dmitrievsky and Oksana Chelysheva.

The two human rights defenders managed to obstruct the police officer’s plans by immediately contacting international human rights organizations and western diplomats in Moscow officers. The attack on the office is the latest in a series of police actions against the leaders of human rights organizations over recent days. Both Stanislav Dmitrievsky and Oksana Chelysheva have been subjected to heavy police surveillance, and uninvited visitors have presented themselves at their residences.

On January 23, the Federal Supreme Court of Russia denied an appeal of a lower court's order to close the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS). The RCFS, based in Nizhny Novgorod, was one of the few remaining organizations in Russia that was reporting on human rights conditions in Chechnya and the North Caucasus.

The Russian-Chechen Friendship Society has since reconstituted itself as three new organizations and moved the legal entity to Finland.