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 ...
At least five people, including human rights activists, have been arrested in Iran while on their way to attend the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri ...
Armando Mendoza Ponce, a 65-year-old male environmental campaigner in Mexico, was threatened with death and other campaigners had stones thrown at them while they ...
Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed ...
Kurdish lawyer Mustafa Ismail was detained on 12 December 2009 and has been held incommunicado since then. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
