A prominent defence lawyer was detained on 15 April 2011 in Bahrain's capital, Manama. Amnesty International believes he is a prisoner of conscience and he may ...
The six Camp Ashraf residents arrested on 8 April 2011 were released on 14 April, and are now back in the camp. They have told Amnesty International that they were ...
A draft law which would limit the existence and activities of independent NGOs and civil society organizations has been sent back to a committee for a further three ...
On 8 April, Iraqi security forces sought to take greater control of Camp Ashraf, home to some 3400 Iranian refugees and exiles, using lethal and other excessive ...
Firas Ali, an Iraqi political activist, was detained at the office of the Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq, Baghdad, at about 2pm on 13 April. ...
Thousands of people who disappeared during the bitter civil war that wracked Lebanon from 1975-90 and its aftermath are still missing. Their relatives suffer unrelenting ...
Two civil society activists and an economist have been detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), apparently linked to their calls for political reform. Their ...
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