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Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh released from detentionposted on: 2007/05/23

Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh a human rights defender and leading member of the One Million Signatures Campaign was freed on 16 May 2007 after 9 days imprisonment in Evin prison and having paid a bail sum of 20, 000, 000 Iranian Toman

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Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh released from detentionposted on: 2007/05/23

Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh a human rights defender and leading member of the One Million Signatures Campaign was freed on 16 May 2007 after 9 days imprisonment in Evin prison and having paid a bail sum of 20, 000, 000 Iranian Toman

2007 Gégé Katana, ganadora del Premio Front Line a Defensores de Derechos Humanos en Riesgoposted on: 2007/05/17

Gégé KatanaGégé Katana

Gégé Katana es una destacada defensora de derechos humanos de Uvira, región oriental de la República Democrática del Congo (RDC). Es presidenta del Solidarite des Femmmes Activistes pour la Defense des Droits Humains, SOFAD (Movimiento de Solidaridad de las Mujeres Activistas de Derechos Humanos), una organización de base que trabaja a través de una red de 625 mujeres en investigación y realización de campañas contra la violencia sexual, así como en asesoría y ayuda a mujeres sobrevivientes de violaciones sexuales. SOFAD también educa a las comunidades locales en derechos de las mujeres y los niños, y realiza labores de cabildeo para obtener justicia y lograr una reforma a las leyes discriminatorias.

Gégé Katana ha trabajado en varias organizaciones no gubernamentales, entre ellas el IDEA –Instituto Africano por el Desarrollo y la Educación de las personas adultas.

Gégé Katana winner of 2007 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Riskposted on: 2007/05/17

Gégé Katana is a leading human rights defender working in Uvira, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. She is the president of Solidarite des Femmmes Activistes pour la Defense des Droits Humains, SOFAD (Solidarity Movement of Women Human Rights Activists) an organisation that works through a grassroots network of 625 women to research and campaign against sexual violence, and provide counselling and help to rape survivors. SOFAD also educates local communities on women and children’s rights, and lobbies the government to deliver justice and reform discriminatory laws.

Gégé Katana has worked with several non-governmental organisations including; IDEA/Afrique - Institut pour le developpement et l’education des adultes.

Ongoing harassment of human rights lawyers in Zimbabweposted on: 2007/05/11

In Zimbabwe Human rights lawyers and their families have faced a surge in violent harassment, including arbitrary arrests, detention and violent physical assaults during April and May 2007.

Ongoing harassment of human rights lawyers in Zimbabweposted on: 2007/05/11

In Zimbabwe Human rights lawyers and their families have faced a surge in violent harassment, including arbitrary arrests, detention and violent physical assaults during April and May 2007.

Campaign for Umida Niyazovaposted on: 2007/04/27

Umida Niyazova, Uzbek journalist and human rights defender, was arrested on 22 January 2007 and taken to the pre-trial detention unit in the Uzbek city of Andijan. She was detained for four days before being handed over to the Office for Prosecution of Transport Offences in Tashkent on 26 January. On 21 December 2006, Niyazova's computer and passport were confiscated upon her arrival from Kyrgyzstan to the Tashkent airport in Uzbekistan. The customs officials said her computer contained illegal material. She was forced to flee Uzbekistan. Umida Niyazova turned to the UN in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) for protection. The Kyrgyz immigration services registered her as a person in need of protection. She was informed that all charges against her would be dropped on her return to Uzbekistan; however, she was arrested upon her arrival. The Office for Prosecution of Transport Offences in Uzbekistan initiated a criminal case against Niyazova for violation of articles 233 ("illegal border-crossing") and 246 ("illegal transportation of information material") of the criminal code. Umida Niyazova has worked for CJES since 2000 and with the Central Asian Internet magazine "Oasis" since 2005.

Campaign for Gulbahor Turayevaposted on: 2007/04/27

Gulbahor Turayeva, pathologist and human rights activist, 44, from Andijan. On 14 January 2007 Gulbahor Turayeva was arrested while she was crossing the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border at the Dustlik post. Uzbek customs officers found press material published by the opposition Erk party in her bag. Her husband Farid Yangildin has said that Gulbahor Turayeva was carrying 123 books, some of which written by the chairman of the Erk party, Muhammad Solih. After the detention Turayeva spent two days under arrest at the Andijan Region customs department and was sent to a National Security Service detention centre on 16 January. Gulbahor Turayeva’s house in Andijan was examined the same day and her family members were told that a criminal case had been launched against her under Article 159 of the Criminal Code (attempting to overthrow the constitutional system). The chairman of the Erk party, Muhammad Solih, has said that he is very disappointed by what happened to Gulbahor Turayeva, but stressed that she is a human rights activist sympathising with opposition and sharing its views. Gulbahor Turayeva, a pathologist, is a mother of four.

India: Peaceful protesters arrested and detainedposted on: 2007/04/18

Seven human rights defenders and fifty other participants in a peaceful protest marking World Water Day were violently arrested in New Delhi, on 22 March 2007.

The protestors were arrested at the Planning Commission Office where they had requested an appointment with the Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission. Members of the police and Rapid Action Force reportedly used excessive force to arrest the protestors, which resulted in the tearing of some of the female protestors' clothes. The protestors were then taken to the Parliament Police Station where they were told to sign blank arrest memos. All of the male protestors and only two of the female protestors were presented before the judicial magistrate that evening, and were remanded in custody until 5 April 2007.

Uzbekistan: Leading human rights defender chargedposted on: 2007/04/11

Human rights defender, Umida Niyazova arrested on 21 January 2007 has been charged by the Uzbek Transport Prosecutor’s Office with committing crimes under three articles of the Uzbek Criminal Code, Front Line has learned.

The investigation into her case and sent to court and charges she faces include: “Illegally entering or illegally leaving the Republic of Uzbekistan”, “preparing and distributing material which poses a threat to the public security and the public order” and “smuggling”.

Initially, Niyazova was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code – article 223 and Article 246, but during the investigation she was also charged under the third article – Article 244.

Umida Niyazova’s brother Rustam Niyazov has also confirmed that the investigation into Niyazova’s case was completed and said that her family learnt about the charges on 06 April 2007.

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