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Artists and writers support Russian exhibition organizers charged with ‘inciting hatred’ - 24 July 2009

Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev face up to five years in prison after organizing a Moscow art exhibition. Artists and writers have sent a letter expressing their co

Global day of support for Iran's victims of human rights abuse - 24 July 2009

Thousands of activists in over 105 countries will participate in a Global Day of Action on Saturday, to demonstrate solidarity with those whose human rights are being

US detainees remain at risk as they are transferred to Iraqi custody - 22 July 2009

Hundreds of detainees held by the US military in Iraq are being put at risk of execution, torture or other ill treatment as they are transferred to Iraqi custody without safeguards.

Arrests and deaths continue in Iran as authorities tighten grip - 22 July 2009

Thirty six Iranian Army officers, a French student, activists, journalists and lawyers are among those detained as waves of arrests and killings continue unabated in I

Wife of Guantánamo detainee released in Syria - 22 July 2009

Usra al-Hussein’s imprisonment for almost a year, may have been related to her efforts to communicate with an international organization regarding the detention conditions of her husband.

Hariri witness held for four years without charge in Syria - 20 July 2009

Monday 20 July marks exactly four years since Ziad Ramadan was arrested by the Syrian authorities, in whose custody he remains detained without charge or trial.

Saudi Arabia - human rights abuses in the name of fighting terrorism - 22 July 2009

The Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights under the façade of countering terrorism.

Iran: Women's rights activist and lawyer violently arrested - NEWS FLASH - 17 July 2009

Amnesty International fears the wave of arrests of civil society activists in Iran is intensifying after lawyer and human rights activist, Shadi Sadr, was violent

UK government must launch investigation into its role in overseas torture - 10 July 2009

Mounting evidence, including a statement by former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, suggests that UK authorities expolited the torture of terrorism suspects by forei

Iranian government must allow peaceful commemorations of 18 Tir events - 9 July 2009

Demonstrations planned to mark the tenth anniversary of the brutal suppression of student-led protests by security forces in Iran, must be allowed to go ahead peaceful