Mongolia: Medical/ Legal Concerns/ Prisoner of Conscience, Lodoisambuu Sanjaasuren

Mongolia: Medical/ Legal Concerns/ Prisoner of Conscience, Lodoisambuu Sanjaasuren

Index AI: ASA 30/001/2005
Date de publication: 18 mai 2005
Catégories: Asie et Pacifique, Mongolie

Lawyer and human rights defender, Lodoisambuu Sanjaasuren is suffering from a serious heart condition and is not receiving proper medical attention in prison. He was convicted of the crime of exposing state secrets in November 2004 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience as he was arrested simply for protecting the rights of his client.