Posts Tagged ‘release’
April 11, 2013
In the early hours of 6 April, human rights lawyer Mr Wang Quanzhang was released from detention in the province of eastern Jiangsu, approximately 56 hours after he was detained and placed under a 10-day judicial detention for “disrupting court order”. The human rights defender was detained for photographing a document which he had been asked to submit to the court, as it was his only copy! The Jingjiang People’s Court released Wang Quanzhang on the grounds that the short detention had already served as a punishment and a warning. However, the human rights defender believes that his release is due to public pressure. Wang Quanzhang had been defending Mr Zhu Yanian, who is a member of Falun Gong and was being tried for ‘using a cult organisation to undermine the implementation of the law’.
For more information on this case, please see Front Line Defender’s Urgent Appeal on 5 April 2013 <http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/22244> .
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Tags: China, detention, Falun Gong, Front Line Defenders, Human right, Human rights defender, human rights lawyer, illegal detention, Jiangsu, Jingjiang, lawyer, release, threats, Wang Quanzhang
November 28, 2012
Sometimes there is good news from Cuba: Front Line Defenders confirmed yesterday that on 26 November 2012, the Cuban HRD, Antonio González Rodiles, was released after 19 days in Acosta police station in Havana. He had to pay a fine of 800 Cuban pesos. News of his release was first published around 9pm on 26 November on Twitter by the prominent Cuban blogger and dissident Ms Yoani Sánchez. The website of Estado de SATS, an independent project headed by Antonio Rodiles, reports that the defender is “grateful for the solidarity and support he has received and will immediately resume his work leading Estado de SATS”….. In addition to being released today, these charges against him have been cleared.The independent project Estado de SATS, led by Antonio Rodiles, aims to create a space for participation and debate in Cuba through panel discussions, forums and other events that are filmed and broadcast on the Internet.
via Cuba: Update- Human Rights Defender Mr Antonio González Rodiles Released | Front Line.
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Tags: Antonio González Rodiles, Cuba, detention, Estado de SATS, Front Line Defenders, release
June 27, 2012
On 6 June I informed you about the women of the Boeung Kak Lake protest being sentenced for up to two and a half years for standing up for their land rights, but now a bit of good news: the thirteen protesters have been released from jail. Their sentences having been reduced to 1 month 3 days (which is the time they’ve actually been in detention) by the Appeal Court.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multimedia/pictures/detail.dot?mediaInode=9bfd8879-050f-484a-977c-fb5f741f71bd
http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2012/06/bkl-13-finally-released.html
To see also the WHRD IC statement on the protesters: http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/international_coalition_boeung_kak_lake.php
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Tags: Boeung Kak Lake, Cambodia, detentiion, Human Rights Defenders, land rights, release, women
May 24, 2012
We have just learned that the Venerable Luon Savath been released and is now at the office of the NGO LICADHO. But not sure that this is the end of the story and will keep you posted.
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Tags: Cambodia, detention, human rights, LICADHO, Luon Savath, Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, MEA, release
June 3, 2011
It is now official: MEA Laureate Muhannad Al-Hassani (or al-Hasani), who spent the last 22 months in jail, was released today 3 June. He was among a large number of other ‘political prisoners’ which the Syrian regime has been releasing over the last days. He thanks all of you who have continued to support him while he was in detention.
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Tags: award, free, Matin Ennals, release, Syria
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 