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Uzbekistan - Ongoing detention and deterioration in health of human rights defender Alisher Karamatov

Front Line is profoundly concerned by reports received concerning the continued detention and deteriorating health condition of human rights defender, Mr Alisher Karamatov, who has been detained since June 2006 and has been denied necessary medical treatment. Alisher Karamatov is the Chairperson of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan (HRSU), Mirzaabad region. He has served two years of a nine year sentence for “extortion” following a trial which international observers defined as “deeply flawed” and “unfair”.

Uzbekistan

India – Detention and harassment of human rights defender, Mr Waliullah Ahmed Laskar

Front Line expresses concern regarding reports of police harassment of human rights defender Mr Waliullah Ahmed Laskar in Assam on 4 December 2008. Waliullah Ahmed Laskar is the Liaison Officer and a member of the legal team of Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC), an organisation monitoring and documenting human rights abuses in North East India.

India

Egypt - Ongoing detention and deterioration in health of human rights defender

Front Line is deeply concerned for the continued detention and the deteriorating in health condition of Mosaad Soliman Hassan Hussein (a.k.a. Mosaad Abu Fagr) who has been in detention in Borg Al Arab prison in the Alexandria desert since his arrest on 26 December 2007. Mosaad Abu Fagr is a human rights defender, blogger and writer working on behalf of the rights of the Sinai community in Egypt. Front Line previously issued an urgent appeal concerning his arrest on 10 January 2008.

Egypt

Case Update: Western Sahara - Ongoing harassment of human rights defenders following Front Line visit to the region

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Front Line welcomes the decision of the Moroccan authorities to reinstate the monthly social support for Abdulla Al-hamdi, member of the Committee for Protection of Human Rights in Smara-Western Sahara. However, Front Line regrets that other members of this group and other Sahrawi human rights groups are reportedly still subjected to suspension of social support apparently as a means to hinder their human rights activities, including, Saeed Albelal, Mohamed Alsa’ed, Mariam Ment Jaffre, Abdullah Al-hamdy, Engiya Boukhars and Sakina Jedahlo Al-Edreesi.

Western Sahara

Iran: Continued detention of Saleh Kamrani and Said Metinpour for representing Azerbaijani community

Lawyer Saleh Kamrani and journalist Sa’id Metinpour are currently being detained in Section 209 of Evin Prison, Tehran. Saleh Kamrani is a lawyer who has represented members of Iran’s discriminated Azerbaijani minority. Both he and Sa’id Metinpour are active in promoting the rights of the Azerbaijani minority in Iran.

Iran

Uzbekistan: Assault and detention of human rights defenders Zohir Hasanzoda, Pardakul Turakulov and Kamiljon Ashurov

Front Line is deeply concerned by reports of the assault and detention of human rights defenders Zohir Hasanzoda, Pardakul Turakulov and Kamiljon Ashurov. Zohir Hasanzoda is a journalist with the Ovozi Tojik (Tajik Voice) and the newspaper’s correspondent in the Samarkand region, Pardakul Turakulov is a freelance journalist with the same newspaper. Both journalists are also members of the Centre for Human Rights Initiatives, in Samarkand, of which Kamiljon Ashurov is the Director.

Uzbekistan

China: Formal arrest and detention of human rights defender Huang Qi

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the formal arrest and detention of human rights defender Huang Qi. Huang Qi is a human rights defender, based in Chengdu City in Sichuan province and founder of the Tianwang Human Rights Centre, who had been advocating on behalf of parents whose children were killed when their schools collapsed following the earthquake of 12 May 2008. Huang Qi previously spent five years in prison on charges of ''inciting subversion of state power," in connection with articles posted on his website www.64tianwang.com, and was released from jail in 2005.

China

Syria: Arbitrary arrest and detention of human rights defender Bahrouz Yousif

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the arbitrary arrest and detention of human rights defender Bahrouz Yousif on 3 May 2008 by Airforce Intelligence in the Harista district of Damascus. No reason has been given for his arrest and his whereabouts are as yet unknown. He was under interrogation from 23 April 2008 until his arrest. Bahrouz Yousif works in the defence of human rights in Syria.

Syria

Malaysia: Human rights lawyer P. Uthayakumar denied medical treatment in detention

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that detained human rights defender and lawyer, Mr P. Uthayakumar, is being deprived of his required prescription medication for diabetes and is suffering from a number of diabetes related illnesses. Mr P. Uthayakumar is a human rights lawyer working to defend the rights of the ethnic minority Indians and an active Legal Advisor of Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF). He was arrested on 13 December 2007 for organising a peaceful demonstration.

Malaysia

Azerbaijan: Human rights defender Emin Huseynov in intensive care following a beating whilst in detention

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the arrest and ill-treatment of human rights defender Emin Huseynov, in Baku on 14 June 2008. Emin Huseynov is the Chairperson of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and works to defend freedom of expression in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan

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