ANGOLA: Sarah Wykes – Human rights defender
13/03/2007
On 18 February 2007, Dr. Sarah Wykes, British citizen and a senior campaigner with Global Witness, was arrested by police and detained in Cabinda, Angola. Global Witness is an organization exploring the links between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses. Dr. Wykes is a highly respected … [Read more...]
CHEE SOON JUAN – Secretary General of the small opposition party Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) | Letter
04/12/2006
On March 17th, 2006, Dr. Chee Soon Juan was charged with contempt of court after criticizing the country’s judicial system, calling it unfair and biased. He said Singapore’s judges lacked independence, especially in cases involving opposition politicians. He was sentenced to one day in jail and had … [Read more...]
Mexico: MANUEL GOMEZ HERNANDEZ –human rights defender
26/08/2006
Manuel Gómez Hernandez, male, human rights defender has been threatened, allegedly by a judge from the municipality of Zinacantán, in an apparent attempt to stop him carrying out his legitimate and peaceful activities as a human rights defender. Amnesty International fears that he may be in … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Julio Marcelo Prieto Mendez Guadalupe de Heredia, Alejandro Ponce Villacis, and four others
02/08/2006
Julio Marcelo Prieto Méndez, male, member of a legal team representing indigenous communities taking legal action against the multinational oil company Chevron Texaco for failing to clean up the pollution allegedly caused by decades of drilling in Sucumbios. On May 19th, 2006 Julio Marcelo Prieto … [Read more...]
Burma: U AYE MYINT – Human Rights Lawyer
20/07/2006
Aye Myint, a prominent lawyer from Pegu in central Burma, was released from prison on July 8th, 2006 following intense international pressure and attention, including letters from LRWC. He served 11 months of his seven year sentence He had been detained for allegedly supplying the International … [Read more...]
Mexico: ERICA SERRANO FRIAS – Lawyer, NOÉ AGUIRRE OROZCO – Member of “ROGAZ”
20/06/2006
ERICA SERRANO FRIAS – Lawyer representing environmentalist network “ROGAZ” and her family NOÉ AGUIRRE OROZCO – Member of “ROGAZ” and his family On 23 February 2006 a hand grenade was found outside a restaurant owned by lawyer Erica Serrano Farías’ family in Zihuatanejo. Ms. Serrano’s clients … [Read more...]
Philippines: Marissa Dumanjug-Palo, human rights worker and Head of NDFP (New Democratic Front of the Philippines)
08/06/2006
Marissa Dumanjug-Palo resident of Quezon City, Philippines and human rights worker. Former Projects and International Desk Officer of Karapatan, which is an Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights. Currently, Dumanjug-Palo is head of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, which … [Read more...]
Colombia: MEMBERS OF CODHES, COMPROMISO and the Colectivo de Abogados “Alvear Restrepo”
29/05/2006
Paramilitaries have sent a death threat by email to a human rights organization based in the city of Bucaramanga, in the department of Santander. Amnesty International believes its staff are in danger. The email was sent on May 17th, 2006 to the Corporación “COMPROMISO”, which works to promote … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Draft Penal Code: Criminal defamation
02/05/2006
On April 28th, 2006 the Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC), a network of 28 Cambodian civil society organizations, and ARTICLE 19, an international human rights NGO, welcome the decision of the Council of Ministers to amend Article 63 of the UNTAC (United Nations Transitional … [Read more...]
STANISLAV DMITRIEVSKY-Executive Manager of RCFS and chief editor of the Pravozaschita newpaper
20/01/2006
Stanislav Dmitrievsky, Executive Manager of RCFS and chief editor of the Pravozaschita newspaper, a joint publication by RCFS and the Nizhny Novgorod Society for Human Rights (NNSHR). On January 11, 2006, Mr. Vladimir Demidov, Prosecutor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, expressed his firm belief … [Read more...]
