According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Husein Dzhelil is not facing imminent execution. A Ministry spokesperson told the news agency Reuters that “Husein is a Chinese citizen suspected of having taken part in East Turkestan terrorist activities.” According to the spokesperson, no...

According to unconfirmed reports, Canadian citizen Husein Dzhelil, aged 37, is due to be executed in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of northwest China, on or before 10 August, for alleged ‘separatist’ or ‘terrorist’ activities.

Husein Dzhelil, (known as Huseyin Celil) aged 37, Canadian citizen who is originally from China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is being held in incommunicado detention in China after being forcibly returned from Uzbekistan at the end of June. He is at risk of serious human rights...

Husein Dzhelil (known as Huseyin Celil), a Canadian citizen and ethnic Uighur from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China, was transferred from a detention facility near the Uzbekistani capital Tashkent to an unknown location sometime between 6 and 8 June. It is feared that...

Husein Dzhelil (known as Huseyin Celil), aged 37, a Canadian citizen and ethnic Uighur from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China, was arrested on 27 March while visiting relatives in Uzbekistan, and is at risk of torture or ill-treatment. He is also believed to be at risk...

Mostafa Dadar was forcibly returned to Iran from Canada on 26 March, through Frankfurt, Germany, two days after a Canadian Federal Court Judge refused to stop the deportation. He arrived in Tehran on 27 March where he was detained for 36 hours before being released.

The Canadian authorities are preparing to forcibly return Mostafa Dadar to Iran, where he would be at grave risk or torture or possibly the death penalty.

Arwad Muhammad ‘Izzat al-Boushi was released on 3 November. He was one of the 190 political prisoners released under a presidential amnesty to mark the Muslim ‘Eid holiday.

Hussein Sumaida, who has dual Iraqi/Tunisian nationality, has not been seen since he was forcibly returned from Canada to Tunisia on 6 September. He is believed to be held in secret detention at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior’s State Security Department in the capital Tunis....

‘Abdallah al-Malki was released on 12 March 2004. He was reportedly arrested as he arrived at the airport in the capital Damascus in May 2002.

Amnesty International is gravely concerned at reports that Arwad Muhammad ‘Izzat Al-Buchi, a Canadian/Syrian national, has been subjected to torture and ill-treatment in prolonged incommunicado detention in Syria. He is at risk of further torture or ill treatment.

Amnesty International is gravely concerned at reports that ‘Abdallah al-Malki, a Canadian/Syrian national, has been subjected to prolonged torture and ill-treatment in incommunicado detention in Syria. He is at risk of further torture or ill-treatment.