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Eight male teachers were released without charge in Saudi Arabia on 12 July 2008, after over four months’ detention.

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12 August 2008

Dr. Aref Dalilah was released on 07 August after he was granted a presidential amnesty. Amnesty International welcomes Dr. Aref Dalilah's release and hopes it will ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/023/2008

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12 August 2008

The blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip over a year ago hasleft the population of 1.5 million Palestinians trapped withdwindling resources and an economy ...

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Palestinian Authority: Further Information on Fear of torture or ...
8 August 2008

On 7 August 2008, the Ministry of the Interior of the de facto Hamas administration in Gaza announced that its security forces had released 150 of the Palestinian ...

Urgent Action       MDE 21/005/2008

No moving backwards for Myanmar | Amnesty International
8 August 2008

Twenty years after the brief flowering of people power in Myanmar,however, little has improved for the millions of people still sufferingunder repressive rule.

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Saudi Arabia: Risk of imminent execution
8 August 2008

Ali Hassan ‘Issa al-Buri, Qassim Bin Rida Bin Sulayman al Mahdi and Khalid Bin Muhammad ‘Issa al-Qadihi are at risk of execution after their death sentences were ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/035/2008

USA: Back to the bigger picture: Salim Hamdan sentenced after ...
8 August 2008

Salim Hamdan, the Yemeni national convicted on 6 August 2008 by military commission of ‘providing military support for terrorism’, was sentenced to five and half ...

Report       AMR 51/090/2008

Hamdan sentenced by military commission | Amnesty International
8 August 2008

Convicted of “providing material support for terrorism”, the Yemeni national was sentenced to five and a half years inprison at the first US military commission ...

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China: Beijing Olympics - Statement in response to open letter in ...
7 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO OPEN LETTER IN THE IHT. AI Index: ASA 17/092/2008. 07 August 2008. Athletes signed up ...

Document       ASA 17/092/2008

Iran: Further information on arbitrary arrests/ prisoners of ...
6 August 2008

Seven members of the Baha’i religious minority have been charged with vaguely worded charges relating to national security. According to press reports, Tehran's ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/109/2008