Success Stories!

Mao Hengfeng

Mao Hengfeng was released on November 29, 2008 after two-and-a-half years detention. She is in very poor health as a result of frequent torture; she now suffers from hearing loss, high blood pressure and chronic stomach pains, among other ailments. Mao was ill-treated right up to the day of her release and has suffered mentally as well as physically. She has considered suicide, but was encouraged by messages of international support, including those from Amnesty International members. Mao is currently resting and receiving medical treatment. She is still considered to be at high risk of detention. We will continue to monitor her situation.
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2008-12-08

Environmental Activist and Prisoner of Conscience Felipe Arreaga Released

Amnesty International has received with pleasure the news of the acquittal of Felipe Arreaga Sánchez, environmental activist, founder of the Peasant Environmentalist Organization of the Sierra de Petatlán (OCESP) and prisoner of conscience. He was released on September 15. However, he, his family and other environmental activists in the region remain in grave danger. After considering his case, Amnesty International believed that the arrest and prosecution of Felipe Arreaga was in retaliation for his peaceful struggle to prevent excessive logging of the region’s forests. Read more. »
2005-09-15