Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger ...
Amnesty International has called for the release of an Iranian studentleader whose arrest and detention have inspired men to cover their hairin an online solidarity ...
Student leader Majid Tavakkoli was arrested on 7 December 2009 after a demonstration. His whereabouts are unknown and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment ...
Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, two Iranian female converts to Christianity, were released from Evin Prison on 18 November 2009. Both have ...
Mosleh Zamani was hanged on Thursday morning, along with four other unidentified prisoners. He was sentenced to death in 2006 for allegedly raping his girlfriend ...
Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz, a 17-year old boy, has been held incommunicado since 27 July in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western ...
The trial of five men accused of belonging to an unauthorized political party resumes at the Supreme State Security Court this week. The court does not operate ...
