Syria: Arrest of prominent human rights defender Mr Khalil Matouk
President Bashar al-Assad, Office of the President, Damascus Syria Mr. President: I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defenders. Khalil Matouk is a prominent human rights lawyer who provides legal assistance to victims of human rights abuses in Syria, including to fellow [...]
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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