Musa Mahmud Dawud Muhajinah, a 20-year-old man from the Jenin area of the West Bank, was arrested in January 1991 and later issued with a 12-month administrative detention order. This is the third time he has been detained in this way. He has appealed twice against his detention. At the first...
Basem Tumayzah, from Idhna, near Hebron (al-Khalil) on the West Bank, was arrested in August 1991 and issued with a six-month administrative detention order. At an appeal hearing held in October 1991 the appeal was rejected and the detention order confirmed. Basem Tumayzah is currently held in...
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Amnesty International is concerned that 24-year-old Nikolay Kovalyov, who is under sentence of death in the Russian Federation (RSFSR), may face imminent execution.