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Amnesty International  Report 2013


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Saudi Arabia: Remove conditions on royal 'pardon' of reformists ...
15 January 2013

Six jailed reformists in Saudi Arabia must be released immediately and unconditionally after they were offered a royal “pardon” on the condition they sign pledges ...

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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

Saudi Arabia: Former judge held incommunicado: Suliaman al-Rashudi
10 January 2013

A former judge in Saudi Arabia is being held incommunicado and is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. He was arrested on 12 December, following a lecture ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/004/2013

Saudi Arabia: Further information: Sri Lankan woman executed in ...
9 January 2013

Rizana Nafeek was executed on 9 January in Dawadmi, a town west of the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.

Urgent Action       MDE 23/003/2013

Beheading of domestic worker shows Saudi Arabia at odds with ...
9 January 2013

A Sri Lankan domestic worker has been beheaded in Saudi Arabia for a crime she allegedly committed while still a child.

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Sri Lankan woman at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia | Amnesty ...
8 January 2013

A young Sri Lankan woman is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia for a crime she allegedly committed whilst under the age of 18.

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Saudi Arabia: 11 women still held after protest | Amnesty ...
8 January 2013

At least 11 women are still believed to be in detention in Saudi Arabia after being detained at a protest on 5 January.

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Amnesty International | Sri Lankan woman at risk of execution in ...
8 January 2013

A young Sri Lankan woman is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia for a crime she allegedly committed whilst under the age of 18, prompting Amnesty ...

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Saudi Arabia: Further information: Sri Lankan at risk of execution ...
7 January 2013

After exhausting all of her appeals, Rizana Nafeek is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia for a crime she allegedly committed while under the age of 18 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/002/2013

Saudi Arabia: Website founder on trial for "apostasy": Raif Badawi
4 January 2013

A man who set up a website in Saudi Arabia has been put on trial for "apostasy", which carries the death penalty. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/001/2013