Seven Saudi Arabian men have had their executions postponed (they were originally scheduled for 5 March). They could be executed as early as next week.
Independent journalist Nadir Dendoune was released on bail on 14 February and handed to the French Embassy in Baghdad where he remained, pending the closure of ...
Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on 28 February for "insulting an officer" in a military hospital. She had been ...
The suicide of Amina Filali led to a public outcry in Morocco and has prompted the authorities to change the law allowing a rapist to escape prosecution if he marries ...
Seven Saudi Arabian men are scheduled to be executed on 5 March 2013. They have said they were tortured to make them “confess”, and sentenced to death following ...
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Iraqi cleric and commentator Ahmed al-Qubbanji was detained on 17 or 18 February in Qom, central Iran, while visiting a member of his family. He is not known to ...
Manal 'Abd al-Qabel (f) and Bakr 'Abd al-Fattah Mohammad al-Kumi face imminent execution after the Cairo Cassation Court confirmed their death sentences on 20 ...
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A 55-year-old Yemeni man is at imminent risk of execution after spending 20 years in prison. The Supreme Court has upheld his death sentence, despite previous Appeal ...