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Yemen: Three men at risk of imminent execution
17 May 2013

Three Yemeni men are at risk of imminent execution in the coming week after local authorities informed them and their families that they have received orders to ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/013/2013

Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges
17 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 24/021/2013. 17 May 2013. Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges. ...

Public Statement       MDE 24/021/2013

Morocco/Western Sahara: Further information: Six tortured and ...
16 May 2013

El Hussein Bah was jailed in Laayoune, Western Sahara,yesterday after the Crown Prosecutor overruled a previous decision to release him on bail. Five other Sahrawis ...

Urgent Action       MDE 29/006/2013

Bahrain: Five Bahraini men sentenced to jail for Tweets
16 May 2013

Five Bahraini men, including a lawyer, were sentenced to one year's imprisonment by the Manama Lower Criminal Court on 15 May for allegedly insulting the King of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/016/2013

Morocco: Six arrested and tortured in Western Sahara
15 May 2013

On 9 May, Moroccan security forces in Laayoune, Western Sahara, arrested six Sahrawis including a 17-year-old. They were arrested after protesting for the self- ...

Urgent Action       MDE 29/005/2013

Libya: Amnesty International Condemns Benghazi Bombing Targeting ...
14 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: MDE 19/006/2013. 14 May 2013. Amnesty International Condemns Benghazi Bombing Targeting Civilians. ...

Public Statement       MDE 19/006/2013

Turkey: Twin car bombings in Syrian border district condemned
13 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: EUR 44/011/2013. 13 May 2013. Turkey: Twin car bombings in Syrian border district condemned. ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/011/2013

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

Bahrain: Further information: Activist prisoner of conscience was ...
9 May 2013

Bahraini human rights activist Naji Fateel was tortured and otherwise ill-treated before he was transferred to Dry Dock Prison on 5 May 2013. He is a prisoner of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/014/2013

Yemen: Yemeni man's execution halted once again
7 May 2013

A Yemeni man who had been told that he would be executed as early as 5 May was granted a stay of execution on 4 May. His case, and those of all others on death ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/012/2013