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DemocracyAlerts

From time to time, the World Movement for Democracy issues alerts concerning participants and other colleagues who are, or may be, facing personal danger due to their work on behalf of democracy and for whom a vigorous response from around the world may be critical. If you would like the World Movement to consider issuing an alert on a particular case, please submit items to or by fax to +(202) 378-9889.

The following alerts have been issued to date. Please note that some of the cases for which alerts were issued have since been resolved. For further information please contact the World Movement.

2008

• (May 13) Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, Wednesday, May 21
• (May 08) World Movement Participants Chee Soon Juan and Chee Siok Chin Go to Trial in Singapore
• (May 06) Post-Election Situation in Zimbabwe Escalates
• (Apr. 24) Cuban Police Break Up Sit-in
• (Mar. 20) Armenian NGOs and Opposition Parties Call for Mass Rally
• (Mar. 18) Demonstrations in Tibet Violently Suppressed
• (Feb. 27) Journalist Attacked in Azerbaijan
• (Feb. 26) Iranian Women’s Rights Activist Summoned to Court
• (Feb. 14) Syrian Dissident Riad Seif Arrested

• (Nov. 27) Alert: Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Beaten in Ingushetia
• (Oct. 15) Democracy Institutions Call on International Bar Association (IBA) to Address Human Rights Issues in Singapore
• (Oct. 5) Democracy Alert: One Year Anniversary of the Murder of Anna Politovskaya
• (Aug. 16) Democracy Alert: Two Somali Journalists Murdered
• (Jul. 27) Iranian Activists Arrested
• (Jul. 18) Media and Government Campaign Escalates against Egyptian Human Rights and Democracy Defender Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim
• (Jul. 16) Iranian Bus Drivers Union President Mansour Osanloo Abducted and Held in Prison
• (Jun. 13) Members of Kyrgyz Human Rights Group Prosecuted
• (Apr. 26) Update: Campaign for Sentenced Women Activists Sentenced in Iran
• (Apr. 20) Iranian Women's Rights Activists Sentenced to Prison for Threatening "National Security"
• (Mar. 28) Update: Civil Society Groups Worldwide Call for Intervention to End the Violence in Zimbabwe
• (Mar. 23) Growing Repression in Vietnam [read this alert in Vietnamese]
• (Mar. 14) Vietnamese Lawyer Le Quoc Quan Arrested
• (Mar. 12) Update: Opposition Still Detained and Denied Basic Rights in Zimbabwe
• (Mar. 11) "Save Zimbabwe" Rally Participants Assaulted by Police
• (Mar. 4) Human Rights Defender in Nigeria Attacked
• (Feb. 27) World Movement Participant Chee Soon Juan of Singapore Found Guilty of Attempting to Leave the Country
• (Feb. 23) Bosnian Human Rights Activist Duško Kondor Shot Dead in Home
• (Feb. 2) Update: Environmental Activist Andrey Zatoka of Turkmenistan Convicted, then Freed
• (Jan. 25) Update: Campaigns Launched in Defense of Imprisoned Environmentalist Andrey Zatoka
• (Jan. 24) Russian-Chechen Friendship Society Forced to Close
• (Jan. 22) Campaign for Belarusian Prisoner of Conscience Alyaksandr Kazulin

• (Dec. 21) Environmental Activist Andrey Zatoka Detained in Turkmenistan
• (Dec. 13) Government Agents Raid Offices of Russian Political Organization, United Civil Front
• (Nov. 29) World Movement for Democracy Condemns Imprisonment of Democrats in Singapore
• (Oct. 17) World Movement Steering Committee Issues Statement on Charges Leveled against Dr. Chee Soon Juan of Singapore
• (Sept. 18) Democracy Alert: Zimbabwean Human Rights Activists Arrested, Detained, and Mistreated
• (May 16) Iranian Scholar Detained
• (Apr 27) Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Appeals for Help Amidst Government Crack-Down in Run-Up to May 6 Elections
• (Apr 20) World Movement Participant, Edil Baisalov, Assaulted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• (Mar 17) Update: Participant of the World Movement for Democracy Imprisoned
• (Mar 15) Democracy Alert: Participant of the World Movement for Democracy Faces Imprisonment
• (Feb 03) DemocracyAlert: Hundreds of Iranian Bus Drivers Arrested for Planning Strike
• ( Jan 30) Russian Civil Society Asks for Support and Solidarity

• (Oct 05) Massive Government Crackdown on Uzbek Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders Following the Tragic Events of May 13, 2005
• (May 20) Expressed Concern about Events in Uzbekistan, Call for Full and Independent Investigation
• (May 04) Independent Belarusian Newspaper under Attack
• (Jan 31) Nepalese Government Shut Down of the Dalai Lama's Office
• (Jan 30) Tiananmen Mother Under House Arrest

• (Nov 16) Iranian Women's Rights Defenders Arrested
• (Oct 08) World Movement Participant Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence in Sierra Leone
• (Sep 24) Update Alert on Case of S.K. Pradhan of Bhutan
• (July 16) Democracy Activists in Venezuela Threatened
• (July 08) Action Appeal from Human Rights Organizations in Russia
• (July 08) IMPD Condemns Attacks on Hong Kong Legislator
• (June 20) Congolese Human Rights Activists Detained in Kinshasa
• (June 08) Syrian Human Rights Activist Kept in Solitary Confinement
• (May 05) Appeal for the Release of Detained Buddhists in Vietnam.
• (May 05) Vietnamese Minority Group's Peaceful Demonstration Brutally Crushed by Authorities.
• (Apr 16) RD Congo - Les Défenseurs de Droits de l'Homme en Danger. . .
• (Apr 05) World Movement Participant, Mikael Danielyan, Assaulted in Yerevan, Armenia

• (July 17) Building Solidarity for Burmese Democrats
• (June 10) Tibetan Refugees in Nepal Deported
• (Apr 01) Crackdown on Cuban Dissidents
• (Dec 12, '02) Journalist Detained by Kazakh Government
• (Dec 10, '02) Egyptian Democracy Activists Freed and Granted for a Retrial
• (Oct 30, '02) Singapore Activist Released from Prison
• (May 09, '02) Colombian Governor Kidnapped While Leading a March for Peace
• (July 25, '02) Siamak Pouzand's 11 Years Sentence Confirmed
• (June 26, '02) Yang Jianli Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
• (Feb 05, '02) PFHRC held press conference in Kathmandu
• (June 07.01) Iranian Students Arrest and Accused of Acting Against National Security
• (Sept 19, '00) Egyptian Activists Arrested and Face Trial
• (June 16, '00) Trade Unionists Continued Imprisonment by Burmese Dictatorship
• (Apr 14, '00) Impending Trial of Arrested Iranian Jews
• (Mar 30, '00) Continued Imprisonment of Pro-Democracy Students in Iran