Teacher Johan Teterissa is serving 15 years in prison for taking part in a peaceful protest in Maluku, Indonesia. He is one of 90 prisoners of conscience in Indonesia.
Khader Adnan started his hunger strike the day following his arrest from his home in the occupied West Bank to protest his ill-treatment by the Israel Security Agency (ISA).
On 04 February 2012 Russia and China vetoed a rather weak draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria despite wide spread backing of the resolution by the other UN Security Council members.
Ten years ago the first detainees were transferred to the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Today, more than 150 detainees remain there and are subjected to a series of human rights abuses.
Members of the women's rights organization Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have repeatedly been arrested while taking part in peaceful demonstrations to protest the social, economic and human rights situation in Zimbabwe.
Sudanese national Hamad al-Neyl Abu Kassawy has been held without charge or trial since his arrest in Medina, Saudi Arabia, in June 2004. His family heard nothing until February 2005, when a Saudi Arabian national who had visited a prison in Medina told them that Hamad al-Neyl Abu Kassawy was detained there.
Former civil servant Filep Karma is serving a 15-year prison sentence after taking part in an annual ceremony where the “Morning Star” flag, a banned symbol of Papuan independence was raised. Demand his immediate and unconditional release.
One week before parliamentary elections, Egypt’s military rulers must stop attacks on protesters and end unfair trials of civilians before military courts.
