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Malawi: Trial of five human rights defenders in Malawi after peaceful protestposted on: 2011/11/23

The trial of five Malawian human rights defenders, Ms Habiba Osman and Messrs Billy Mayaya, Brian Nyasulu, Ben Chiza Mkandawire and Comfort Chitseko, is due to take place on 25 November 2011 at the Lilongwe Magistrate Court.

Philippines: Three human rights defenders shot and others beaten as private guards violently disperse peaceful protest posted on: 2011/06/15

On 14 June 2011 private guards employed by Central Mindanao University (CMU) opened fire and beat protestors who had set up camp outside the university in Dologan, Maramag, Bukidnon in the southern Philippines. Human rights defenders Messrs Billy Jardin, Gregorio Santillan and Larry de Vera received gunshot wounds and Messrs Wenni Loable, José Benemerito and Ms Marilou Portin were seriously injured. The protestors were members of Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus– (BTL) Farmer's Association and BTL Women's Association. BTL is an umbrella organisation of the three local peasant groups Buffalo,Tamarawa and Limus. They have tilled the lands inside CMU for over thirty years and have been protesting against the forcible eviction from these lands.

United Arab Emirates: Young activists arrested for organising peaceful protest via BlackBerryposted on: 2010/08/03

At least four young activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been arrested or have been dismissed from their jobs after attempting to organise a peaceful protest march using BlackBerry devices, in response to increasing oil prices in the region. Other activists have been sought by the police in relation to their participation in the attempted organisation of the protest.

Uzbekistan – Human rights defenders arrested and fined for organising peaceful protestposted on: 2008/12/09

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports received the authorities arrested, tried and fined ten human rights defenders following their organisation of, and participation in, a peaceful demonstration in Tashkent on 6 December 2008. The defenders were members of the Ezgulik Human Rights Society, the Committee of Prisoners of Conscience and Uzbek Human Rights Alliance.