Annual Report 2012
The state of the world's human rights

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Saudi Arabia: Arrest, torture and loss of livelihood for protest
25 May 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY AI Index: MDE 23/014/2012 Date: 25 May 2012. SAUDI ARABIA: ARREST, TORTURE AND LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD FOR PROTEST. ...

PressItem       MDE 23/014/2012

Iraq: Further information: Iraqi detainees transferred
25 May 2012

Four men who were previously being held incommunicado in Iraq now have access to their lawyers and relatives. 'Amer Ahmad Kassar, Mu'ad Muhammad 'Abed, Nabhan ' ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/007/2012

Bahrain: Further information: Zainab Al-Khawaja sentenced; trials ...
25 May 2012

Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja's trials are continuing. She and another woman both started a five-day hunger strike on 20 May in protest against their continuing ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/035/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Bahrain: Further information: Opposition activists' appeal ...
24 May 2012

The appeal of 13 opposition activists has started in Bahrain. Hunger-striker Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja attended the hearing in a wheelchair. Two of the 13 described ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/034/2012

Syria: Enforced disappearance of businessman: Amjad Kassem
24 May 2012

Syrian businessman Amjad Kassem has not been seen since 21 May. He was last heard from at around 2pm that day when he called his mother to tell her he was being ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/050/2012

Bahrain: Further information: Bail set for prominent activist but ...
23 May 2012

On 20 May a Bahraini court granted bail to the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab. However the charges of 'insulting a national institution' have not ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/033/2012

Syria: Further information: Syrian activists remain in detention
22 May 2012

Five staff members from the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) remain held incommunicado at various locations across Syria. They are at risk ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/047/2012

Egypt: Egyptian protester denied medical care: Mahmoud Mohamed ...
22 May 2012

Mahmoud Mohamed Amin is currently in detention and after taking part in a protest in Cairo on 4 May. During the 2011 uprising he received an injury to the face ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/018/2012

Iran: Ahwazi Arabs facing unfair trial, risk torture
18 May 2012

Six members of Iran's Ahwazi Arab minority are due to go on trial in Iran on 20 May. The men were detained without charge for almost a year and all were arrested ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/029/2012