A mob with official backing is attempting to evict nearly 200 Buddhist monks and nuns from a monastery in central Viet Nam. The group have been sheltering there ...
Georgi Nakani, a 21-year-old man from village of Neitrino in the Russian Federation Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the North Caucasus, was abducted by unidentified ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 22 nd December 2009. AI Index: MDE 18/010/2009. Lebanon: Amnesty International condemns attack on civilians. ...
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 ...
On 1 July 2008, thousands of people protested at Sukhbaatar Square, Ulaannbaatar, amid allegations of widespread election fraud. The riot was unexpected and unexpectedly ...
Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger ...
Student leader Majid Tavakkoli was arrested on 7 December 2009 after a demonstration. His whereabouts are unknown and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment ...
