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• Leang Sokchouen, Cambodian defender: sentenced to two years in prison for giving out anti-government leaflets - Cambodia - Asia

  3 September, by Amnesty International — News on defenders, Cambodia, Asia, Amnesty International
  CAMBODIA Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have urged the Cambodian government to immediately release a human rights worker who was sentenced to two years in prison for giving out anti-government leaflets. Leang Sokchouen, who works for the Cambodian League for the Promotion (...)
  

• Liu Zhengyou, Hu Yulan, Ma Zingquan and Feng Guiqin, land rights defenders: convicted of fraud - People’s Republic of China - Asia

  2 September, by Front Line — News on defenders, People's Republic of China, Asia, Front Line
  CHINA Human rights defenders Mr Liu Zhengyou, Ms Hu Yulan, Mr Ma Xingquan and Ms Feng Guiqin have been convicted of fraud in Zigong City, Sichuan Province. Front Line believes that the trial and sentencing of Liu Zhengyou, Hu Yulan, Ma Xingquan and Feng Guigin is directly related to their work (...)
  

• Julius Kaggwa and Viktória Mohácsi, Ugandan and Hungarian defenders respectively: win the HRF “2010 Human Rights Award” - United States of America

  1 September, by Human Rights First — News on defenders, United States of America, Human Rights First
  Human Rights First will present its 2010 Human Rights Award to a renowned Hungarian advocate for the rights of the Roma people in Europe and a Ugandan activist on the front lines of defeating a draconian anti-homosexuality bill there. The group will honor this year's recipients, Julius Kaggwa (...)
  

• Hrant Dink, murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist: European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rules against Turkey - Turkey

  1 September, by IFEX — News on defenders, Turkey, IFEX
  TURKEY The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) convicted Turkey in the case of Hrant Dink. The Turkish-Armenian journalist was assassinated on 19 January 2007 in Istanbul. According to news obtained by BIANET, the ECHR chamber decided that there had been a violation of the right to life (...)
  

• President Kabila urged to undertake reforms to promote press freedom and improve the worsening climate for journalists - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa

  31 August, by Reporters Without Borders — News on defenders, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Reporters Without Borders
  DRC Reporters Without Borders and Journalist in Danger (JED), its local partner organisation, wrote to President Joseph Kabila today to condemn the steady decline in the climate for journalists and the reduction in the space for free expression in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two (...)
  

• Lev Ponomarev, head of the Movement for Human Rights: arbitrarily arrested and sentenced - Russian Federation - Europe

  30 August, by Human Rights Watch — News on defenders, Russian Federation, Europe, Human Rights Watch
  RUSSIA The Tverskoi District Court of Moscow should overturn Lev Ponomarev's sentence of administrative arrest and ensure his immediate release from custody, Human Rights Watch said today. The activist was sentenced to three days for “disobeying police orders” and is currently serving the (...)
  

• Jhon Jairo Palacios, member of an Afro-descendant community: enforced disappearance and possible killing - Colombia - Latin America

  26 August, by I save lives - AI Belgique — News on defenders, Colombia, Latin America, I save lives - AI Belgique
  COLOMBIA The enforced disappearance and possible killing of Jhon Jairo Palacios came days before a contract was awarded for the construction of a major road in the region. The Cacarica communities have opposed this project, and there is concern that the enforced disappearance may be an attempt (...)
  

• Allow families of the disappeared express their demands for truth, justice and reparation without fear of reprisals - Algeria - North Africa

  26 August, by Amnesty International, The Observatory, The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network — News on defenders, Algeria, North Africa, Amnesty International, The Observatory, The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
  ALGERIA Amnesty International, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights - FIDH - and the World Organisation Against Torture - OMCT), deplore the (...)
  

• Abdumannap Khalilov, human rights lawyer: assaulted - Kyrgyzstan - Asia

  26 August, by Front Line — News on defenders, Kyrgyzstan, Asia, Front Line
  KYRGYZSTAN On 16 August 2010, at the city tribunal in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Mr Abdumannap Khalilov was beaten by a crowd of women, while thirty policemen who were present at the scene did not intervene. Abdumannap Khalilov is a human rights defender from Osh, where he worked as a human (...)
  

• Hari Lal, MNREGA activist and one of the leaders of “Voice of People” (VOP): murdered in broad daylight - India - Asia

  26 August, by Asian Human Rights Commission — News on defenders, India, Asia, Asian Human Rights Commission
  INDIA The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward an appeal from Voice of the People (VoP), Uttar Pradesh, People's Watch Tamilnadu (PWTN) and People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) Uttar Pradesh concerning the murder of Mr. Hari Lal. It is reported that Hari Lal (...)
  

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