Yousef Dheeb al-Hmoud was arrested at his home on 15 November. The authorities have not revealed where he is being held, why he was arrested or whether he will be charged.
In October, the Myanmar authorities arrested at least 10 political
activists and journalists for trying to help survivors of Cyclone Nargis. Their whereabouts is unknown.
Huang Qi has been sentenced to three years in prison for his work on behalf of families of five primary school pupils
who died when school buildings collapsed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
The Obama administration should revise its detention policies in Afghanistan to make them consistent with international law, Amnesty International, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch have said
President Obama must use his first official visit to China to urge the authorities to reverse the sharp rise in human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International said on Friday.
Belarusian youth activists sentenced to 'restricted freedom' for
attending a peaceful protest have told Amnesty International how they
were targeted by the authorities.
