A Moscow court has found in favour of the president's libel suit against human rights activist Oleg Orlov who accused him of "being
responsible" for the murder of human rights worker Natalia
Estemirova.
Since the August polls, Amnesty International has received evidence
of harassment and violence against the media by supporters of President Hamid Karzai and his chief election rival, Abdullah Abdullah.
Muhammad al-Maqalih was abducted by a group of men in an unmarked van. It is thought he is being held because of his criticism of the government over the armed
clashes in Sa'da.
Amnesty International has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate the brutal attacks committed by soliders during the suppression of a mass rally in Conakry earlier this week.
The government's increased surveillance, harassment and imprisonment of activists is to prevent them from raising human rights concerns that challenge the authorities' image of social harmony.
Marvin Ortiz, a journalist with Radio Globo in Honduras, talks to Amnesty International about how the station was forcibly and violently shut down in a joint police and military operation.
Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti urged to rescind a decree
that provides sweeping new powers of detention to the police, bans all
public meetings and imposes a 45 day curfew.
The Yemeni authorities must clarify the whereabouts of journalist Muhammad al-Maqalih, who was seized by plain-clothed assailants in the capital Sana'a late on Thursday.
