Human rights defender, Mr Albert Pchelintsev, was shot in the mouth with a stun gun in the Moscow suburb of Khimki on 25 July 2009. Albert Pchelinstev is the chairman of "Against Corruption, Lies and Dishonour", an organisation that works to expose corrupt practices in the local administration of Khimki.
Front Line is concerned following reports that human rights defender Dr Mohammed al-Mansoori was arrested in Abu-Dhabi on 7 June 2009, and also continues to be the subject of a travel ban.
Front Line has launched its annual report, Dispatches 2008 which gives an overview of the challenges facing human rights defenders on the ground. It also documents the different ways in which Front Line is working with human rights defenders to help them reduce the risks they face. "Human rights defenders bring hope – and hope is always stronger than fear. Hope is the light by which they live, realising that their efforts may be long and hard, cultivating justice brick by brick", said Mary Lawlor, Executive Director of Front Line.
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