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Yemen: Fear of forcible return/possible POCs
12 September 2008

According to a trusted source in Yemen, Iranian nationals Zia'ullah Pourahmari, Keyvan Qadari, Behrooz Rohaniand Sayfi Ibrahim Sayfi are at imminent risk of being ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/006/2008

Yemen: Further Information on Possible prisoner of conscience/fear ...
14 August 2008

Dr Mohamed al-Saqaf was released on 13 August 2008, on the condition that he reports to the authorities whenever required to do so.

Urgent Action       MDE 31/005/2008

Yemen: Possible prisoner of conscience/ fear of torture and other ...
12 August 2008

Dr Mohamed al-Saqaf, a lawyer and university lecturer, was arrested on 11 August 2008 by security forces at the airport in the capital, Sana'a. He is being held ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/004/2008

Yemen: Imminent execution: Ahmed 'Abdul Salaam 'Abdullah Qassim (m ...
24 July 2008

Ahmed 'Abdul Salaam 'Abdullah Qassim, who was sentenced to death in December 2005 for murder, has had all his appeals rejected. Now President 'Ali 'Abdullah Saleh ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/003/2008

The death penalty worldwide developments in 2007
15 April 2008

In 2007 the world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of the capital punishment. A historical landmark is the resolution on a moratorium on executions ...

Report       ACT 50/002/2008

Y men. D tention au secret / Craintes de torture / Pr ...
11 April 2008

Ahmed Omar bin Farid ; Hassan Baoom ; Ali Haitham al Gharib ; Ali Munasser Mohamed ;

Urgent Action       MDE 31/002/2008

Yemen: Further Information on Incommunicado detention/Fear of ...
11 April 2008

Since 2 April 2008 dozens of people protesting against being turned down for recruitment into the army have been arrested or injured by police dispersing their ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/002/2008

Yemen: Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture
1 April 2008

At least five people were reportedly arrested by Yemeni security forces on 31 March and 1 April 2008 in the southern cities of Aden, al-Dhali', and Radfan. Most ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/001/2008

United States of America: A case to answer. From Abu Ghraib to ...
14 March 2008

Khaled Abdu Ahmed Saleh al-Maqtari's story illustrates the global reach of the USA's secret detention network and provides chilling allegations of the deliberate ...

Report       AMR 51/013/2008

Audio: Poems from Guantánamo, the detainees speak | Amnesty ...
12 December 2007

In the latest edition of the Amnesty International Podcast, a selection of poems by Gunatánamo Bay detainees are read out.

Audio Clip