18 April 2019 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Libya
Query response on Libya: Protection of senior members of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the army or former ambassadors and their families from militias
Anfragebeantwortung zu Libyen: Schutz von ranghohen MitarbeiterInnen des Innenministeriums, Außenministeriums, der Armee, beziehungsweise ehemaliger Botschafter und deren Familien vor Milizen [a-10957] (Response, German)
18 April 2019 | AI – Amnesty International
Mozambique
Cabo Delgado province: Journalist formally charged with "public incitement of a crime using electronic media" and other crimes after having been arbitrarily detained since January 2019
Verhafteter Journalist offiziell angeklagt; UA-Nr.: UA-001/2019-4 [ASA 41/0235/2019] (Appeal or News Release, German)
18 April 2019 | AI – Amnesty International
Mozambique
Cabo Delgado province: Journalist formally charged with "public incitement of a crime using electronic media" and other crimes after having been arbitrarily detained since January 2019
Detained journalist formally charged, Fifth UA: 001/19 [AFR 41/0235/2019] (Appeal or News Release, English)
18 April 2019 | AI – Amnesty International
China
Sichuan province: Activist sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" in connection with calling to commemorate the crackdown on the Tiananmen protests
Aktivist wegen Gedenkaufruf zu Haftstrafe verurteilt; UA-Nr: UA-138/2016-5 [ASA 17/0231/2019] (Appeal or News Release, German)
18 April 2019 | AI – Amnesty International
China
Sichuan province: Activist sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" in connection with calling to commemorate the crackdown on the Tiananmen protests
Tiananmen “baijiu” activist sentenced to jail; Sixth UA: 138/16 [ASA 17/0231/2019] (Appeal or News Release, English)
18 April 2019 | Balkan Insight
Montenegro
Ethnic Bosniaks living in Turkey claim that "expatriate card" offered by the government of Montenegro for its Diaspora population is designed to undermine their ethnic identity as it requires them to register as "Montenegrins"
Montenegro Tries to Ease Concerns About Expatriate Cards (Media Report, English)
18 April 2019 | AI – Amnesty International
Colombia
Chocó department: 7,000 persons from Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Bojayá under threat of being attacked and displaced by the National Liberation Army (ELN)
Thousands in need of urgent protection; First UA: 052/19 [AMR 23/0230/2019] (Appeal or News Release, English)
18 April 2019 | RFA – Radio Free Asia
Myanmar
Article on pardons for prisoners; only 2 political prisoners released
Myanmar Holiday Prisoner Amnesty Disappoints, With All But Two Political Prisoners Kept in Jail (Media Report, English)
17 April 2019 | IPS – Inter Press Service - News Agency
Nigeria
Article on the current situation of press freedom
'You Cannot Muzzle the Media': Nigerian Journalists on Press Freedom under Buhari (Media Report, English)
April 2019 | UNAMA – UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Report on treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan custody of Afghan police, border guards, armed forces and intelligence (legal framework prohibiting torture in Afghanistan; incidents of torture and ill-treatment; implementation of national plan to eliminate torture)
Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghanistan: Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment under the Anti-Torture Law (Periodical Report, English)
