25 May 2010 Further information on UA 110/10 (10 May 2010) – Fear for safety (PDF) MEXICO – Community of San Juan Copala On 20 May, indigenous leader, Timoteo Alejandro Ramírez, and his wife, Cleriberta Castro Aguilar, were shot dead in their home in Yosoyuxi community, part of the “autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala” [...]
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Urgent Action – Indigenous leader and wife shot dead (Mexico)
Posted in Mexico, Urgent Action on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Update on Urgent Action – Ilham Tohti (China)
Posted in China, Urgent Action, tagged Uighurs on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
28 August 2009 Further Information on UA 194/09 (20 July 2009) – Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture CHINA – Ilham Tohti (m) Ilham Tohti, editor of the website “Uighur Online” and associate economics professor at Central Nationalities University, was released on 23 August 2009 in Beijing, China’s capital. However, he remains under surveillance. Ilham Tohti was [...]
Urgent Action – Zamora Gómez family (Mexico)
Posted in Mexico, Urgent Action on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
28 July 2009 UA 202/09 – Torture MEXICO – José Natividad Zamora Gómez (m), aged 25 Andrés Zamora Gómez (m), aged 27 Jorge Hernández Jardón (m), aged 24 Soldiers broke into the home of the Zamora Gómez family in Morelos state, central Mexico, and tortured three people. The soldiers searched the house and found no [...]
Urgent Action – Ilham Tohti (China)
Posted in China, Urgent Action, tagged Uighurs on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
20 July 2009 UA 194/09 – Incommunicado detention/Prisoner of conscience (PDF) CHINA – Ilham Tohti (m) Ilham Tohti, editor of the website Uighur Online and associate economics professor at Central Nationalities University in the Chinese capital, Beijing, has been held incommunicado by the authorities since 8 July. His whereabouts are unknown, and he is at [...]
Urgent Action – Excessive use of force against demonstrators (Iran)
Posted in Iran, Urgent Action on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
15 June 2009 UA 150/09 – Fear of excessive use of force/torture (PDF) IRAN – Demonstrators against announcement of re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad Thousands of people, mainly supporters of presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has challenged the announcement that current President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had won the 12 June presidential election have been demonstrating, [...]
