North Africa

Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
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Egypt/Sudan: Refugees face kidnapping for ransom, brutal treatment ...
3 April 2013

Amnesty International is greatly concerned for the safety and security of refugees and asylum-seekers held captive in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, after being ...

Report       AFR 04/001/2013

Qatar: Further information: Activists removed from solitary ...
28 March 2013

Two Qatari activists have been removed from solitary confinement and granted regular access to family and lawyers. They are yet to be charged with any criminal ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/007/2013

Saudi Arabia: Further information: Website founder's case before ...
28 March 2013

The case of Raif Badawi, a man who set up a website in Saudi Arabia, has now come before an appeal court. Amnesty International considers Raif Badawi a prisoner ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/012/2013

Bahrain: Further information: Verdict of trial to be announced on ...
28 March 2013

The verdict on the trial of two children and three male adults who participated in protests in Bahrain will be announced on 4 April 2013.

Urgent Action       MDE 11/007/2013

Qatar: Further information: Qatari activists granted visit from ...
27 March 2013

Two Qatari activists who have been held incommunicado since 22 March 2013 were allowed a visit by family members yesterday. They are said to be in solitary confinement ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/006/2013

Iran: Ensure fair trials for those accused of killings of nuclear ...
27 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 27 March 2013. AI Index: MDE 13/015/2013. Iran: Ensure fair trials for those accused of killings ...

Public Statement       MDE 13/015/2013

Iran: Further information: Death row Ahwazi Arab men on hunger ...
26 March 2013

Five Iranian Ahwazi Arab men have launched a hunger strike in protest at the Supreme Court's decision to uphold their death sentences and their treatment in prison ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/014/2013

Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories: Further information ...
26 March 2013

Palestinian administrative detainees Ja'far Izz al-Din and Tareq Qa'dan suspended their hunger strikes on 27 February 2013 after the Israeli military prosecution ...

Urgent Action       MDE 15/006/2013

Qatar: Two activists held incommunicado, in danger
25 March 2013

Two Qatari human rights activists have been held incommunicado since 22 March 2013, putting them at risk of ill-treatment. They are said to be in solitary confinement ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/005/2013

Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories: Further information ...
22 March 2013

Administrative detainee Samer al-Barq was denied a family visit on 12 March, apparently to punish him for resuming his hunger strike on 27 February in protest at ...

Urgent Action       MDE 15/007/2013