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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Qatar: Further information: Activists released, but forbidden to ...
19 April 2013

Two Qatari activists who had been detained without charge since 22 March 2013 were released on 18 April. The prosecutor's office told the men there was no case ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/009/2013

Qatar: Further information: Detained Qatari activists on hunger ...
12 April 2013

Further information on UA: 71/13 Index: MDE 22/008/2013 Qatar Date: 12 April 2013. URGENT ACTION. DETAINED QATARI ACTIVISTS ON HUNGER STRIKE. ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/008/2013

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

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

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

Qatar: Further information: Al-Ajami's sentence reduced to 15 ...
25 February 2013

Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami, detained since November 2011, has had his sentence of life imprisonment reduced to 15 years' imprisonment, for “offences” that relate ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/004/2013

Qatar: Further information: Saudi ex-diplomat and family reach ...
24 January 2013

Former Saudi Arabian diplomat Mishal bin Zaar Hamad al-Mutiry left Qatar safely on 18 January and is now in Morocco.

Urgent Action       MDE 22/003/2013

Qatar: Further information: Ex-diplomat at risk of imminent return
14 January 2013

Former diplomat Mishal al-Mutiry has been given 24 hours to leave Qatar or be forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia, where he would be at grave risk of imprisonment ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/002/2013

Qatar: Ex-diplomat could be returned, tortured
4 January 2013

The Qatari authorities are preparing to forcibly return a former diplomat to Saudi Arabia, where he would be at grave risk of detention and possibly torture or ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/001/2013

Qatar: Further information: Life in prison for writing poetry ...
30 November 2012

Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami, detained since November 2011, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 29 November 2012 for offences that relate to his poems. He appears ...

Urgent Action       MDE 22/004/2012