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DRC - UPDATE - Robert Ilunga Numbi released on bail

Posted on 2009/10/01

Mr Robert Ilunga Numbi, president of Les Amis de Nelson Mandela (ANMDH), has been released on bail today 1 October 2009 from the Malaka central prison, after a month in detention. Robert Ilunga was arrested on 31 August 2009 by agents of the national intelligence agency (ANR) in Kinshasa and held incommunicado for nine days. Read More

Zimbabwe – UPDATE – Supreme court orders to drop charges against Jestina Mukoko

Posted 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. Read More

Yemen - Fear for the well-being of human right defender in incommunicado detention, Mr Salah el-Saqladi

Posted on 2009/08/21

Human rights defender, Mr Salah Yahya el-Saqladi, has been held incommunicado in an unconfirmed location since his arrest on 18 June 2009. Salah el-Saqladi is a journalist and the head of the Aden branch of the Organization for Change and the Defense of Rights and Freedoms (OCDRF). Read More

Sudan: Arrest and detention of thirteen human rights defenders

Posted on 2007/06/26

Front Line is deeply concerned by a surge in arrests and detention of human rights defenders by security forces in Sudan. Between 13 and 20 June 2007 thirteen human rights defenders and a driver were arrested Read More

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