Conscientious objector Enver Aydemir was arrested by police on 24 December 2009 in Istanbul while on his way to a conference on the right to conscientious objection ...
An academic who ran for parliament has received death threats, days after another activist was abducted and killed. Rafael Cáceres had spoken out against the coup ...
Josefina Reyes, a female human rights defender, was shot and killed on 3 January by unidentified gunmen in Mexico. She had protested at scores of abuses committed ...
Local radio station staff have received death threats, days after anti-mining activists were killed. Radio Victoria staff received death threats in email and mobile ...
Two men were shot dead by police on 2 December 2009, in their village in north-western Peru, during a search for another man. Other people in the area are in danger ...
Human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh has been charged with attempting to overthrow the state. For this, he could face the death penalty. Two others are facing the same ...
