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Saudi Arabia: Further information: Executions of seven men ...
5 March 2013

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.

Urgent Action       MDE 23/009/2013

Iraq: Further information: Journalist permitted to return to ...
5 March 2013

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 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/003/2013

Bahrain: Further information: Activist jailed for 'insulting an ...
4 March 2013

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 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/006/2013

Morocco/Western Sahara: Comprehensive reforms to end violence ...
1 March 2013

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 ...

Document       MDE 29/001/2013

Saudi Arabia: Seven men to be executed
1 March 2013

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 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/008/2013

Wire, March/April 2013 (10 December 2012)
1 March 2013

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Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2013

Iran: Iraqi cleric detained, whereabouts unknown: Ahmed al ...
1 March 2013

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 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/010/2013

Egypt: Further information on death penalty
1 March 2013

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 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/009/1999

Wire, March/April 2013 (10 December 2012)
1 March 2013

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Not forgotten: A return to South Sudan 3) Enough! Time for a strong Arms Trade Treaty 4) We're unlocking the truth about secret renditions ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2013

Yemeni man at imminent risk of execution: Muhammad Abdullah Ali ...
1 March 2013

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 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/007/2013