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150 people could be left homeless after a forcible eviction from their ancestral lands in eastern Paraguay. They would not have access to clean water or medical treatment.
Saudi Arabia's Court of Cassation has confirmed that a 22 year old man, Muhammad Basheer al-Ramaly, is sentenced to death by heading, with his body then to be crucified.
Hengameh Shahidi, a female journalist, was released on bail on November 1 after four months deatined without trial in Iran's capital, Tehran.
A paramilitary group has threatened to kill six individuals and members of five organizations in western Colombia. All are in grave danger.
Yong Vui Kong was arrested in June 2007, when he was 19, by officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau. He was charged with trafficking 42.27 grams of heroin, and then sentenced to death.
A 20 year old man, Nouravie Wilfred, is being held incommunicado without charge by police in Guyana. He is at risk of torture or other ill treatment.
Male student activist Mohammed Soudani is at risk of torture and other ill treatment in custody in Tunisia. He is believed to be held at the State Security Department of the Ministry of Interior in the capital where torture is common.
Eight Uighurs and one Han Chinese have been sentenced to death for their involvement in initially peaceful demonstrations in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in July. They have exhausted all their appeals and could be executed within days.
Within days, about 900 students from a Christian college in Jakarta could be forcibly evicted from the place where they have been living and studying. Religious minority groups have frequently endured oppression by the Muslim authorities.
Three Iranian journalists, Bahman Ahmadi Amou'i, Kevyan Samimi Behbahani, and Saeed Laylaz, remain detained since the government's crackdown on freedom of expression after the June 12 elections. They are at risk of torture.
The Supreme Court of Belarus rejected the appeal of Andrei Zhuk. Once he receives written notification of the rejection he will have ten days to apply for clemency.
Journalist Hairat Niyas was taken from his home on October 1. His family received a note stating he had been arrested for "endangering state security".
John Allen Muhammad is due to be executed in Virginia on Novemeber 10th. His lawyers are seeking clemency on the grounds that he suffers from mental impairment.
Yoab Syatfle, a political activist in the Indonesian province of West Papua, has received multiple death threats related to his peaceful activities representing Papuan indigenous communities. Amnesty International fears for his safety and life.
Members of a peasant farmers' organization in southern Mexico have been tortured while in custody after being arrested without a warrant.
Two female editors in Sri Lanka have received death threats. The founder of the newspaper they work for received similar threats before being killed in January.
A 53 year old male environmental activist was arrested in northern Turkmenistan. He is believed to be at risk of torture or ill- treatment.
Haytham al-Maleh, who is 78, will appear before a court on 25 October. If he is tried and convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison, simply for talking about human rights violations and government corruption in Syria
Yemeni journalist Muhammad al-Maqalih is now believed to be detained at a prison run by the Ministry of Defense, though the authorities have continued to refuse to give any information about him.
Community activist, Juan Almonte Herrera, of the Dominican Republic was abducted on September 28. Relatives suggest he may be dead.
Safar Angooti was due to be executed on Oct 21, for a crime commited when he was 17. He has received a one month stay of execution.
Seven me, members of Iran's Ahwazi minority, are at risk of imminent execution in Ahvaz city.
Mohammad Pour Abdollah, who was arrested in February in Tehran, is now on trial for his involvement with an Iranian student organization. He is at risk of torture and other ill treatment while he is in detention.
Kobra Babaei, an Iranian woman, is at risk of being stoned to death after her husband was hanged on 5 October for "sodomy." In 2002, the Head of the Judiciary in Iran instructed judges to impose a moratorium on stonings; however, this has not been implemented.
British national, Akmal Shaikh, who is believed to be mentally ill, has been sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling. His appeal was rejected, despite the fact that he is mentally ill, he is sentenced to death on 29 October 2009.
Villagers in Santo Domingo Ixcatlan, Oaxaca state have been attacked repeatedly by a group of armed men for the inhabitants' opposition to the sale of community lands. The armed group has chased away the police officers that had been sent to protect the villagers.
Juan Juan Almeida has been refused permission to leave Cuba and has faced harassment by security forces after he criticized the authorities. There are strong suspicions that the restrictions on his movement are a punishment for exercising his freedom of expression, and Amnesty International fears he will be continually harassed.
Chinese pro-democracy activist Zhou Yongjun is about to face trial in China after an arbitrary arrest in Hong Kong. China has not been able to demonstrate that he is being held for a recognizable criminal offense. If convicted, he could potentially be jailed for life.
The Diaguita Indigenous group of northwestern Argentina has faced attempts of forced eviction by a local landowner. On October 12, the landowner and two other men attacked the group, leaving one man dead and four others wounded.
Haytham al-Maleh, a 78-year-old human rights lawyer, was arrested at his office in Damascus on October 14. He may be a prisoner of conscience, arrested solely for his peaceful defense of human rights; however, police have not given a reason for al-Maleh's arrest.
The UN Human Rights Committee registered Vasily Yuzepchuk's case on 12 October, and called on the Belarusian government not to execute him until the Committee has consdiered his case. The Supreme Court sent a repsonse saying that Yuzepchuk's appeal had been rejected. He now has ten days to apply for clemency.
Akram Mahdavi, a 35-year old Iranian woman, was to be put to death on 11 October but has received a stay of execution. However, she still faces the death penalty and has not been given the right to seek pardon or commutation of her sentence.
At least 115 families were forcibly evicted on Oct. 9-10. All are now homeless and one has been hospitalized after police violence.
Mehdi Karroubi, a 72 year old male cleric is facing criminal charges in relation for his reporting of allegations that detainees were mistreated.
Male environmentalist Jesus Sanchez de la Barquera has been shot and wounded outside his home in Mexico State, near the Mexican capital, Mexico City.
Since 2006, at least 14 media workers have been killed in Sri Lanka, with no one held accountable for these murders. Call on the Sri Lankan government to ensure Dileesha Abeysundera’s safety and to investigate the intimidation attempted against her and other Sri Lankan journalists and media workers. Download the action Protect Sri Lankan Journalist in PDF format
Yan Dongfei and Qiao Yongfang, an elderly Chinese couple are about to be put on trial because they practice Falun Gong. They are in custody in northern China, and are at risk of torture and other ill treatment.
Migrants in the city of Saltillo continue to be repeatedly threatened by local residents, who accuse them of being murderers. Their presence has been blamed on the Belén Migrants' Shelter, whose staff is also at risk.
A paramilitary group has threatened to kill indigenous leaders in the west- central Colombian Department of Risaralda. On 5 October 2009, three indigenous leaders receieved the same text message on their phones, threatening the lives of safety of both them and their families.
Vu Hung, a male teacher and pro- democracy activist, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for "conducting propaganda" against the state. He was arrested 18 September 2008, after calling for democracy and peacefully protesting over a territory dispute with China.
Juan Almonte Herrera has been detained incommunicado since September 28, and his whereabouts and status are unknown. There are serious suspicions that he was arbitrarily arrested.
US held Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani without trail for five years, two of them in undisclosed locations.
Three men, members of Iran's Kurdish minority, are at risk of immenent execution.
Twenty five male Haitian migrants have been expelled from the Dominican Republic after being rounded up at a meeting on labor rights.
Journalist and media rights activist Dileesha Abeysundera has been threatened by a gang that attempted to forcefully enter her compound. Her safety is in danger, as numerous media workers have been detained and 14 have been killed since 2006.
The Governor of Ohio has reprieved two male prisoners who were facing execution in the next month, to give prison authorities more time to establish a "back-up" lethal injection protocol after a failed execution.
Thirty-six Iranian men arrested from Camp Ashraf in July, have been transferred from a police station to a military airbase in Baghdad. They are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment as they are now detained incommunicado.
A Syrian Kurdish man has been held without access to the outside world for over three weeks after he was forcibly returned from Germany to Syria. He is in grave danger of torture.
A female prisoner in Kazakhstan, Inessa Karkhu, is not receiving essential medical treatment for glaucoma, a disease that progressively damages vision. If she is not treated immediately, she could end up losing her sight.
Media workers in Honduras have been under attack since Roberto Micheletti seized power on 28 June. Micheletti issued a decree on 26 September allowing newspapers and broadcasters to be shut down if they "insult public officials."
A group of seven irregular migrants traveling through Chiapas state were shot at by members of the security forces. One was called, all others injured.
Nine men on trial in China's central Henan province are now known to have said they were tortured in order to make them confess. The court has dismissed their complaints due to lack of evidence.
Dilixiati Paerhati, editor of a Uighur website Diyarim.com, has not been seen since 7 August. His current whereabouts are unknown. There are fears that he is being held in incommunicado detention and is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Robert San Aung, a lawyer imprisoned in Myanmar, has recently lost sight in one eye and requires immediate medical attention. He has been denied access to proper medical treatment, which Myanmar is obligated to provide for prisoners.
Colonel Fodé Bacar Sylla, one of 12 soldiers that were arrested in January and held without charge, has been released. Ten soldiers are still being detained incommunicado in an unlawful place of detention where they are at risk of torture and ill-treatment.
Hundreds of asylum-seekers and migrants in northern France are facing forced eviction from their encampments and could be deported to their home countries, where they might undergo torture or ill-treatment.
Human rights defenders Shiva Nazar Ahari and Ali Bikas have been detained in Tehran's Evin Prison, where they are at risk of torture, since mid-June. Naseh Faridi, another human rights defender, was released on bail but is still facing charges.
Dr. Mohammad Maleki, a 76-year old male Iranian scholar and former Chancellor of Tehran University has been incommunicado in Teheran's Evin prison for 40 days. He is suffering from prostrate cancer and other illnesses, and Amnesty International fears that his life is in danger.
Mohammed Mohammed Hassan Odaini remains detained in Guantanamo despite being cleared for release over 2 years ago. Odaini was detained in March 2002 along with several other Yemeni nationals, and sent to the detention camp at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In June 2005 he was deemed suitable for release from Guantanamo, yet he continues to be unjustly detained. He has not been interrogated for nearly two years and the reason for his continued detention is unclear.
Ebrima B. Manneh was arrested in July 2006 at the offices of the newspaper Daily Observer by plainclothes officers, thought to have been from the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). He has been held in incommunicado detention without charge or trial for over two years. Please call on Gambian authorities to release Ebrima Manneh, a prisoner of conscience.
The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has upheld around 100 death sentences issued by lower courts. The sentences require the approval of President Karzai before executions can be carried out. Amnesty International fears that sudden executions may take place in secrecy as happened in October 2007.
