Five Prisoners Were Hanged in Shiraz (Southern Iran) Today- Two Hanged Publicly And Three Hanged In The Prison
Five prisoners were hanged in Shiraz (southern Iran) yesterday reported the Iranian state media. The official website of the Iranian judiciary in Fars Province, reported that two of the prisoners were hanged publicly in different squares of Shiraz, while the three others were hanged inside Adelabad prison. According to the report the prisoners were identified [...]
China: Detention of Shanghai-based human rights defender Ms Mao Hengfeng
President Hu Jintao, The State Council General Office, People’s Republic of China Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defenders. On 30 September 2012 Shanghai-based human rights defender Ms Mao Hengfeng was detained while petitioning in Beijing. She was apprehended [...]
Uzbekistan: Arrest of human rights defender Gulshan Karaeva
President Islam Karimov, Office of the President, Uzbekistan Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defender. On 27 September 2012, human rights defender Ms Gulshan Karaeva was arrested in her home in Qarshi and taken to a local police station [...]
Bahrain: Medical professionals arrested and imprisoned
H.E. Mrs. Alice Thomas Samaan, Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain, United Kingdom Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defenders. I am writing to express my concern and request your intervention in the following case. On 2 October 2012, [...]
Algeria: Arrest and beating of human rights defender Mr Yacine Zaid
H.E. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President; Minister of National Defence, Algiers Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes,Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defenders. On the morning of 1 October 2012, human rights defender Mr Yacine Zaid was arrested and brutally beaten by three policemen in Ouargla. At [...]
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