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Amnesty International  Report 2013


The 2013 Annual Report on
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Saudi Arabia: Sheikh al-'Amr appeal may worsen sentence
29 April 2013

Sheikh Tawfiq Jaber Ibrahim al-'Amr risks a harsher sentence when his appeal is heard within the next few weeks. He has been serving a three-year prison sentence ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/017/2013

Saudi Arabia court orders arbitrary detention of human rights ...
25 April 2013

An arbitrary court order to detain a university professor for four months after he co-founded a human rights organization is the latest blow to freedom of expression ...

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Saudi Arabia: Reformists kept in prison
25 April 2013

Six reformist prisoners of conscience have been kept behind bars, while 10 others, several of whom were out on bail, are now released under a “pardon” on condition ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/014/2013

Saudi Arabia: 2013 promises to be a dark year for freedom of ...
10 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 10 April 2013. AI Index: MDE 23/015/2013. Saudi Arabia: 2013 promises to be a dark year for ...

Public Statement       MDE 23/015/2013

Saudi Arabia: Further information: Jordanian released from ...
10 April 2013

A Jordanian man who had been held incommunicado in Saudi Arabia since 6 January was released on 7 April. It had been 91 days since he was last seen, being arrested ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/013/2013

Saudi Arabia: Further information: Website founder's case before ...
28 March 2013

The case of Raif Badawi, a man who set up a website in Saudi Arabia, has now come before an appeal court. Amnesty International considers Raif Badawi a prisoner ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/012/2013

Saudi Arabia: Further information: Seven men publicly executed in ...
14 March 2013

Seven Saudi Arabian men were publicly executed on 13 March in Abha, Saudi Arabia, despite appeals by family and international organizations to halt the executions ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/011/2013

Saudi Arabia: Seven men executed in act of sheer brutality ...
13 March 2013

Seven men are executed in Saudi Arabia after allegedly being forced to “confess” to charges of armed robbery.

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Saudi Arabia punishes two activists for voicing opinion | Amnesty ...
11 March 2013

Two human rights activists are sentenced to five and 10 years' imprisonment in Saudi Arabia as punishment for their work.

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Saudi Arabia: Further information: NGO founders jailed for ...
11 March 2013

Two of the co-founders of a Saudi Arabian human rights organization have been imprisoned on charges related to their human rights activism and criticism of the ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/010/2013