Middle East And North Africa

Tunisia: Jailed journalist must get medical treatment
18 December 2009

Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger ...

Urgent Action       MDE 30/022/2009

Sahrawi human rights activist returns home after hunger strike ...
18 December 2009

Aminatou Haidar, a Sahrawi activist who has spent the pastmonth on hunger strike, has returned home and beenreunited with her children.

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Iranian must release student pictured 'dressed as woman' | Amnesty ...
18 December 2009

Amnesty International has called for the release of an Iranian studentleader whose arrest and detention have inspired men to cover their hairin an online solidarity ...

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Iran: Iranian student leader at risk of torture
18 December 2009

Student leader Majid Tavakkoli was arrested on 7 December 2009 after a demonstration. His whereabouts are unknown and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/131/2009

Iran: Further information: Freed Iranian Christians still at risk ...
17 December 2009

Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, two Iranian female converts to Christianity, were released from Evin Prison on 18 November 2009. Both have ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/130/2009

Sahrawi activist on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport admitted to ...
17 December 2009

Aminatou Haidar has been on hunger strike since 15 November after she was expelled from Western Sahara by the Moroccan authorities.

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Iran executes alleged juvenile offender | Amnesty International
17 December 2009

Mosleh Zamani was hanged on Thursday morning, along with four other unidentified prisoners. He was sentenced to death in 2006 for allegedly raping his girlfriend ...

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Iran: Stop execution of alleged juvenile offender, Mosleh Zamani ...
16 December 2009

The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of alleged juvenile offender, Amnesty International said today.

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Palestinian Authority: Human rights defender denied medical care
16 December 2009

Saed Yassin, a male Palestinian human rights defender, has been detained without proper judicial process by the Palestinian Authority in the Occupied Palestinian ...

Urgent Action       MDE 21/005/2009

Saudi Arabia must not flog 75-year-old woman | Amnesty ...
15 December 2009

Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi and two younger men, face up to 40 lashes and imprisonment for being in the company of members of the opposite sex who are not close relatives ...

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