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Bahrain: Further information: Activist released on bail, still ...
17 January 2013

Bahraini human rights activist Sayed Yousif Almuhafdah was released on bail on 17 January. His next trial hearing has been scheduled for 29 January.

Urgent Action       MDE 11/004/2013

Iran: Death row prisoners must not be executed
17 January 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 17 January 2013. AI Index: MDE 13/003/2013. Iran: Death row prisoners must not be executed. ...

Public Statement       MDE 13/003/2013

Bahrain: Activist charged with 'spreading false news': Sayed ...
16 January 2013

Bahraini human rights activist Sayed Yousif Almuhafdah was arrested on 17 December at a protest, and subsequently charged with “spreading false news with the intention ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/002/2013

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

Tunisia: Two years since the uprising, justice must be done and be ...
14 January 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT. 14 January 2013. AI index: MDE 30/002/2013. Tunisia: Two years since the uprising, justice ...

Public Statement       MDE 30/002/2013

United Arab Emirates: Tajikistani man facing extradition and ...
11 January 2013

Tajikistani businessman Umarali Kuvvatov risks extradition to Tajikistan by the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) authorities, where he would be at risk of torture or ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/001/2013

Syria: Further information: Syrian "Peace Brides" released from ...
11 January 2013

Four Syrian women who had been arrested while peacefully demonstrating as "Peace Brides" were released on 9 January. Their release is part of a prisoner exchange ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/003/2013

Tunisia's new Constitution must fully protect human rights for all
11 January 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT. 11 January 2013. AI Index: MDE 30/001/2013. Tunisia's new Constitution must fully protect human rights for all. ...

Public Statement       MDE 30/001/2013

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

Iran: Further information: Trade unionist ends hunger strike: Reza ...
10 January 2013

Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi ended his hunger strike on 7 January after 22 days, after the prison authorities agreed to meet his demand to grant him medical ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/002/2013