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Bangladesh: Abduction and interrogation of human rights defender Mr Dipal Barua posted on: 2011/05/25

On 24 May 2011, human rights defender Mr Dipal Barua was reportedly abducted by unknown men, ill-treated and interrogated about his human rights work. He was released and to his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh the following day. Dipal Barua works with people who are facing human rights violations and abuses. He completed a human rights training course with the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in December 2009. He was recently involved in providing assistance to Mr FMA Razzak, President of the Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC) and editor of the Gonomichhil fortnightly newspaper, who remains in a critical condition in hospital following an abduction and brutal attack in Paikgachha, Bangladesh on 29 April 2011.

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Bangladesh: Human rights defender, Mr FMA Razzak, in a critical condition in hospital following abduction and brutal attackposted on: 2011/05/03

On 29 April 2011 human rights defender and journalist Mr FMA Razzak was abducted and brutally attacked in Paikgachha, Bangladesh. He remains in a critical condition in hospital in Dhaka following a severe beating and torture. FMA Razzak is the President of the Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC) and editor of the Gonomichhil fortnightly newspaper. The HRDC is based in Paikgachha upazilla (sub-district) under Khulna district. Within his role as President of the HRDC, FMA Razzak works with victims of custodial torture, many of whom are facing fabricated charges brought by the law-enforcement officers who tortured them. Front Line issued an urgent appeal on 7 March 2011 in relation to a series of reported threats, intimidation and attacks against FMA Razzak.

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On 29 April 2011, at approximately 10.30pm, FMA Razzak was abducted from the Dhaka-bound bus terminal of Paikgachha along with his brother RM Bodiuzzama Bodiar and brother-in-law Mr Bakkar. It is reported that a group of around 20 men, armed with sticks, rods and sharp weapons and led by the brother of a Bangladesh Army Major, approached the three men and attacked them.

Egypt: Abduction of human rights defender Amr Salah, from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studiesposted on: 2010/09/10

Front Line is extremely concerned by the reported abduction of Human Rights Defender and researcher Amr Salah who works with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS). Amr Salah was kidnapped in front of his home at approximately 4 am on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Neither his relatives, nor his colleagues at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, have any information about his whereabouts.

Human Rights Defender abducted in Cairoposted on: 2010/09/10

Front Line is extremely concerned by the reported abduction of Human Rights Defender and researcher Amr Salah who works with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS). Amr Salah was kidnapped in front of his home at approximately 4 am on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Neither his relatives, nor his colleagues at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, have any information about his whereabouts. For further information see CIHRS

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Mexico: Abduction, attack and death threats against wife of human rights defender Adolfo Guzmán Ordazposted on: 2010/03/02

Margarita Guadalupe Martínez Martínez, the wife of human rights defender Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz, was violently attacked and received death threats on 26 February 2010, less than 35 hours before the reconstruction of events in relation to a raid on their home in Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas, in November 2009.

Zimbabwe – UPDATE – Supreme court orders to drop charges against Jestina Mukokoposted on: 2009/09/28

Front Line welcomes the Supreme court of Zimbabwe's decision to grant a permanent stay of prosecution against Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) director, Ms Jestina Mukoko. Trumped up charges of recruiting and training people for insurgency were brought against Jestina Mukoko following her abduction by state security agents in December 2008.

Kenya – Abduction of human rights defenders, Mr Samson Owimba Ojiayo and Mr Godwin Kamau Wangoe by security forces posted on: 2009/09/16

Human rights defenders, Mr Samson Owimba Ojiayo and Mr Godwin Kamau Wangoe were abducted by plainclothes police officers on 15 September 2009 in Nairobi. They were later located by their colleagues in the Nairobi Central Police Station on 16 September 2009.

Bahrain: Abduction and beating of human rights defender, Mr Jaafar Kadhimposted on: 2009/05/14

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the abduction and beating of human rights defender Mr Jaafar Kadhim in Manama, on 7 May 2009. Jaafar Kadhim has worked for the Committee of Activists and Prisoners of Conscience since December 2007 and has helped to organise peaceful marches and protests for the rights of detainees. In 2007-2008 he hosted many meetings in his house between relatives of detainees and visiting foreign journalists and international human rights organisations such as Amnesty International. Front Line previously issued an appeal concerning the detention of Jaafar Kadhim on 5 February 2009.

UPDATE - Zimbabwe: Jestina Mukoko, Pascal Gonzo and Broderick Takawira from ZPP alive and held in police stationsposted on: 2009/01/09

On Tuesday 23 December 2008, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) began to receive piecemeal information that various individuals, including civil society activists and members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) who had been abducted over the last 7 weeks, were believed to be held in various police stations around Harare.

Zimbabwe – Abduction of human rights defender, Ms Jestina Mukokoposted on: 2008/12/03

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports received of the abduction of Ms Jestina Mukoko by Zimbabwean security forces from her home in Norton Harare in the morning of 3 December 2008, at approximately 5:00 am. Jestina Mukoko is the Project Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), an organisation monitoring and documenting violence and human rights abuses across the country through a network of peace observers.