Greetings Card Campaign Cases 2011

Afghan Women's Network
Afghan Women's Network works to empower women and ensure their equal participation in society as it becomes ever more dangerous.
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Djameleddine Fahassi
Djameleddine Fahassi disappeared in 1995 when he was on the way to buy food for his family. His wife is campaigning to find out what happened.
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Jabbar Savalan
Youth activist Jabbar Savalan is being persecuted by the Azerbaijani authorities because of messages he posted on Facebook.
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Jean-Claude Roger Mbede
Jean-Claude Roger Mbede is serving a three year prison sentence in Cameroon for the crimes of homosexuality and attempted homosexuality.
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Chen Guangcheng and Yuan Weijing
Legal activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife Yuan Weijing have faced a relentless campaign of harassment and persecution in China.
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The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
The people in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó are treated as enemies by all the warring parties in the country's armed conflict.
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Sonia Pierre
Sonia Pierre has received death threats because of her work fighting discrimination against Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic.
UPDATE 9 DECEMBER: We are tremendously sad to announce that Sonia Pierre died of a heart attack on 4 December. This news is a great shock, and our thoughts are with Sonia's family and colleagues. Please do not take further action on this case at this time. We will share advice regarding condolence messages as soon as possible. Amnesty's International Secretariat has issued a public statement mourning her loss, which you can read here (PDF).

Manolis Kypreos
Manolis Kypreos' hearing was permanently damaged when police threw a stun grenade as him as he photographed protests in Athens.
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Claudina Velásquez
Claudina Velásquez was shot dead in 2005, but her killers may never face justice because of serious deficiencies in the initial investigation.
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Filep Karma
Filep Karma is serving 15 years in prison in Indonesia after taking part in a ceremony where a banned symbol of Papuan independence was used.
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Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand
Human rights defender Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand is in prison in Iran for 'acting against state security by establishing an illegal group'.
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Ramze Shihab Ahmed
Iraqi-British national Ramze has been detained in Iraq since 2009. Leave a solidarity message on our blog so his family can see it.
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Hakamada Iwao
Hakamada has spent 43 years on death row in Japan for a crime he says he did not commit.
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Deep Sea Settlement
The Deep Sea Settlement in Kenya is home to about 10,000 people who live under threat of forced eviction.
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Inés Fernández Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantú
Inés Fernández Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantú were both raped by soldiers in Mexico in 2002 and have faced threats as they pursue justice.
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Patrick Okoroafor
In 1995 Patrick Okoroafor was arrested for robbery aged just 14. He has now spent more than half his life in prison.
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Port Harcourt Waterfronts
More than 200,000 people are at risk of forced eviction in Port Harcourt in Nigeria if the authorities continue with planned demolitions.
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Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz
Masood Janjua and Faisal Faraz disappeared in 2005 while on a bus in Pakistan and their families are still trying to find them.
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Ibragim Gazdiev
Ibragim Gazdiev was seized by armed men in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia in 2007. He has not been seen since.
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Natalia Estemirova
Natalia Estemirova was abducted by armed men and killed in July 2009 because of her human rights work.
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Hamad al-Neyl Abu Kassawy
Sudanese national Hamad al-Neyl Abu Kassawy has been held on suspicion of terrorism in Saudi Arabia since 2004 without trial.
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Ragihar Manoharan
Ragihar Manoharan was one of five Tamil students shot dead by Sri Lankan security forces in 2006. No one has been brought to justice for his murder.
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Ferhat Gerçek
Ferhat Gerçek was shot in the back by police and paralysed. Flaws in the subsequent investigation mean the officer who shot him may evade justice.
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Christi Cheramie
Christi Cherami was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the US when she was only 16, violating international law.
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Fatima Hussein Badi
Fatima Hussein Badi and her brother were sentenced to death in 2001 for the murder of her husband. She remains at risk.
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Women of Zimbabwe Arise
WOZA was formed in 2003 to provide women with a united voice against the social, economic and human rights conditions in Zimbabwe.
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