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Uzbekistan: Human rights defender, Mr Ganihon Mamathanov, sentenced to five years in prison on fabricated charges

Posted on 2009/11/27

Uzbek human defender Mr Ganihon Mamathanov was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of extortion and bribery, on 25 November 2009. Ganihon Mamathanov is a defender of social rights, particularly of farmers' land rights, and is one of the last human rights defenders working in the Fergana valley. He collaborates with the Radio Liberty Uzbek Service.

Uzbekistan

Tunisia: Human rights defender Mr. Taoufik Ben Brik sentenced to six months in prison

Posted on 2009/11/27

On November 26, journalist and human rights defender Mr. Taoufik Ben Brik was sentenced by the Tribunal de Grande Instance (Court of First Instance) in Tunis to six months in prison. Front Line expresses its concern at the verdict in a trial marred by several violations of the right to a fair trial.

Tunisia

China – UPDATE – Human rights defender Mr Huang Qi sentenced to three years in prison

Posted on 2009/11/23

Human rights defender Mr Huang Qi was sentenced today to three years in prison on charges of illegally possessing state secrets. Huang Qi is a human rights activist who helped families of children who died during the earthquake in Sichuan Province, China in May 2008. He has been in custody since his arrest in June 2008.

China

China: Human rights defender Mr Lin Dagang sentenced to two years in prison

Posted on 2009/11/10

On 6 November 2009, human rights defender Mr Lin Dagang was sentenced to two years in prison for illegally possessing state secrets. A closed trial in a local court in Zhejiang Province brought the charges in relation to a document issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. However, the document had reportedly been previously published on the internet.

China

Turkmenistan - UPDATE – human rights defender Mr Andrey Zatoka sentenced to five years in prison

Posted on 2009/11/03

On the morning of 29 October 2009, Dashovuz City Court in northern Turkmenistan sentenced environmental activist Mr Andrey Zatoka to five years imprisonment in a general correctional colony.

Turkmenistan

Yemen: Human rights defender and journalist Abdul-Karim al-Khaiwani sentenced to six years' imprisonment

Posted on 2008/06/10

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender and journalist Abdul-Karim al-Khaiwani has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment on 9 June 2008. Abdul-Karim al-Khaiwani is former Editor-in-Chief of the pro-democracy online newspaper Al-Shoura. He is a pro-democracy activist and a campaigner for the right to freedom of expression in Yemen. He has been nominated for the 2008 Amnesty International UK Special Award for Human Rights Journalism Under Threat.

Yemen

Morocco: Sentencing of human rights defender Ennaama Asfari and expulsion from Morocco of 4 international observers of his trial

Posted on 2008/05/02

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the sentencing of human rights defender Ennaama Asfari to two months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 Dirhams on 28 April 2008. Ennaama Asfari is co-president of the Comité pour le respect des libertés et des droits humains au Sahara occidental - CORELSO (Committee for the respect of liberties and human rights in the Western Sahara). Front Line is also concerned in relation to the expulsion from Morocco of four international observers who were present at the trial of Ennaama Asfari on 21 April 2008.

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