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Bahrain: Prisoner of conscience's sentence upheld: Zainab Al ...
10 May 2013

Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja's sentence to three months' imprisonment for participating in an “illegal gathering” was upheld by the Appeal Court on 9 May ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/015/2013

Amnesty International | Egypt: Release teacher accused of ...
10 May 2013

A Coptic Christian teacher detained in Egypt on charges of “defamation of religion” must be immediately released and the criminal case against her dropped, said ...

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Sudanese activist held incommunicado at risk of torture | Amnesty ...
10 May 2013

A female lawyer in Sudan who was arrested on 4 May and whose whereabouts are still unknownis at risk of torture.

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Journalist at risk of torture in Turkmenistan: Rovshen ...
10 May 2013

Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist, was detained on 6 May in Turkmenistan by local police. Though the charges against him have not ...

Urgent Action       EUR 61/001/2013

Amnesty International | New global development agenda must have ...
10 May 2013

World leaders must reject an aid-based model of development and instead pursue an approach that puts human rights and justice at its core.

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Egypt: Release teacher accused of blasphemy | Amnesty ...
10 May 2013

A Coptic Christian teacher detained in Egypt on charges of “defamation of religion” must be immediately released and the criminal case against her dropped.

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Eritrea: 20 years of independence, but still no freedom | Amnesty ...
9 May 2013

Urge the President of Eritrea to end the repression by taking action.

Action Document      

Freedom of expression suppressed in Papua as third peaceful ...
9 May 2013

A third activist died of gunshot wounds she received at a peaceful commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the handover of Papua to the Indonesian government.

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Eritrea: Twenty years of Independence, but still no freedom
9 May 2013

On 24 May 1993, the state of Eritrea was formally recognised as an independent nation. Twenty years on, thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners ...

Report       AFR 64/001/2013