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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Libya: Further information: Detained Libyan journalist denied fair ...
12 April 2013

Detained Libyan journalist Amara Abdalla al-Khattabi's lawyer has been prevented from representing him, in breach of his right to a fair trial. Amara Abdalla al ...

Urgent Action       MDE 19/004/2013

Detained journalist's wife asks why publishing articles has ' ...
10 April 2013

The wife of a hunger-striking Libyan journalist tells of her disbelief that her husband has been imprisoned for 'offending' the judiciary.

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Libya: Amnesty International welcomes the release of Hisham Ben ...
8 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: MDE 19/003/2013. 8 April 2013. Amnesty International welcomes the release of Hisham Ben Khayal. ...

Public Statement       MDE 19/003/2013

Letter Writing Marathon 2012: Final report
3 April 2013

In 2012, 12 cases of individuals and communities whose human rights have been violated were given huge international public attention by Amnesty International. ...

Report       ACT 30/022/2013

Major powers fuelling atrocities: Why the world needs a robust ...
12 March 2013

Every year, thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and forced to flee from their homes as a result of abuses and atrocities committed with conventional ...

Document       ACT 30/001/2013

Libya: Further information: Detained journalist's health at risk ...
11 March 2013

Libyan newspaper editor Amara Abdalla al-Khatabi, who has been detained incommunicado since 19 December 2012, began a hunger strike on 28 February 2013. His health ...

Urgent Action       MDE 19/002/2013

Libya: Media attacked as tensions rise over Political Isolation ...
8 March 2013

A TV station in Tripoli was attacked after it broadcasted a debate about a law that would ban those who held office during the al-Gaddafi years from participating ...

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Libya: Journalist held for anti-corruption work: Amara Abdalla al ...
26 February 2013

Libyan newspaper editor Amara Abdalla al-Khatabi has been detained incommunicado since 19 December 2012. He has been charged with defamation, as his newspaper published ...

Urgent Action       MDE 19/001/2013

Wire, January/February 2013. Vol. 43, issue 01
1 January 2013

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Kuwait at the crossroads 3) Wrongs and rights in 2012 4) One man in Guantánamo: 10 years of human wrongs 5) Egypt: These walls can speak ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2013

Libya: “We are foreigners, we have no rights”: The plight of ...
13 November 2012

In a prevailing atmosphere of lawlessness and xenophobia, undocumented foreign nationals in Libya are at continuous risk of exploitation, arbitrary and indefinite ...

Document       MDE 19/020/2012