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 ...
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 ...
Tajikistani businessman Umarali Kuvvatov risks extradition to Tajikistan by the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) authorities, where he would be at risk of torture or ...
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 ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT. 11 January 2013. AI Index: MDE 30/001/2013. Tunisia's new Constitution must fully protect human rights for all. ...
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 ...
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 ...