1.) Execution rate falls in 2006 as pressure grows for a universal moratorium; 2.) Rwanda abolishes the death penalty; 3.) Stop press: Abolitionist and retentionist ...
Journalist Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani was arrested on 20 June, and is at risk of torture and ill-treatment. He appears to be a prisoner of conscience, held solely ...
Mu'amar al-'Abdali, Basam al-Humaidan and 'Ali al-Humaidan, all members of the Shi'a Zaidi community who live mainly in northern Yemen, are being held incommunicado ...
Qursan Ahsan Qursan, 'Abdullah Mohamed Saliha, 'Ali 'Abdulla Tahoos and Ibrahim al-Huthi are among at least 50 people detained following clashes between security ...
At least 15 men (including Majid Ahmed al-Zahrani, Mohamed Misfir al-Qurashi, Mohsin Mubarek Bil'ed, Sa'eed Abdel Ghani al-Bulushi and Mohamed Falah al-Qahtani) ...