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Saudi Arabia: Shi'a cleric at risk of torture: Sheikh Tawfiq Jaber ...
4 March 2011

Saudi Arabian Shi'a cleric Sheikh Tawfiq Jaber Ibrahim al-'Amr was arrested on 27 February following a sermon he gave calling for reforms in Saudi Arabia. He has ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/004/2011

Qatar: Blogger detained incommunicado in Qatar
3 March 2011

Sultan al-Khalaifi, who is a Qatari blogger and the founder of a human rights organization, was arrested on 2 March and is being detained incommunicado. He is ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/001/2011

Tunisia in revolt: State violence during anti-government protests
1 March 2011

On 14 January 2011, following a month of spiralling anti-government protests across Tunisia, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali secretly fled the country, ending ...

Report       MDE 30/011/2011

Governments urged to act on Arms Trade Treaty | Amnesty ...
28 February 2011

Control Arms Coalition calls on countries meeting at the UN in New York this week to ensure no weapons or munitions are sold to human rights abusers.

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Egypt: Constitution proposals faltering first step to reform
28 February 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: MDE 12/023/2011. 28 February 2011. Egypt: Constitution proposals faltering first step to reform. ...

Public Statement       MDE 12/023/2011

Iran: Further information: Iranian human rights activist sentenced ...
28 February 2011

Navid Khanjani, a member of two Iranian human rights organizations, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment on 31 January 2011. He has appealed, but an appeal hearing ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/022/2011

Iran: Opposition leaders and wives disappeared
28 February 2011

Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, along with their wives Zahra Rahnavard and Fatemeh Karroubi, have been subjected to an enforced ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/023/2011

Tunisia: Security forces must be held accountable for killing ...
25 February 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS CONFERENCE INVITE. 25 February 2011. AI Index: MDE 30/012/2011. Tunisia: Security forces must be held accountable ...

PressItem       MDE 30/012/2011

Syria: Syrian blogger released: Ahmad Mohammad Hudaifa: Further ...
25 February 2011

Syrian blogger Ahmad Mohammad Hudaifa, also known by his pen name of Ahmad Abu al-Khair, was released without charge on 24 February 2011.

Urgent Action       MDE 24/008/2011

Bahrain: Attacks against health professionals must be investigated ...
25 February 2011

Health professionals in Manama have reported that they were attacked by security forces on 17 February, hours after state security personnel entered the area to ...

Medical Action       MDE 11/008/2011