Amnesty International submits this statement in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the summary execution of thousands of political prisoners in the 1988 “prison ...
A Yemeni man, Ahmed Saleh Abdullah al-Ma'ouri, could be executed on 13 February 2013, according to sources in the country. He has exhausted all his appeals, and ...
Independent journalist Nadir Dendoune was arrested in Baghdad, Iraq, on 23 January. He was arrested for taking pictures without prior approval from the authorities ...
Abdullah Fandi al-Shammari was executed on 5 February in the city of Hail, in northern Saudi Arabia, for a killing committed in 1981 or 1982. He had spent over ...
Palestinian administrative detainees Ja'far Izz al-Din and Tareq Qa'dan have been on hunger strike since 28 November 2012 to protest against their detention without ...
Violent sexual assaults against women have surged in and around Tahrir Square in recent months. President Morsi must take immediate action to ensure that all incidents ...
Palestinian human rights defender Hassan Karajah had his interrogation period extended by nine days by an Israeli military court on 4 February. A security services ...
Muhammad Abdul Wahhab Faysal al-Qassem has been told by the General Prosecutor's office that he will be executed this coming Sunday. His age at the time of the ...
Behrouz Ghobadi, brother of internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, has been released, after a campaign that engaged prominent Hollywood directors ...