East Gulf

Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
The 2013 Annual Report is now live »

Syria: Shooting the messenger: Journalists targeted by all sides ...
3 May 2013

Syria has become the most dangerous country in the world for journalists since the eruption of popular protests in 2011 and the development since then of a bitter ...

Report       MDE 24/014/2013

Libyan journalist faces up to 15 years for publishing 84 names ...
3 May 2013

Take action and call on the Libyan authorities to drop the charges against Amara Abdalla al-Khattabi.

Action Document      

Bahrain: Human rights activist detained in Bahrain
3 May 2013

Bahraini human rights activist, Naji Fateel, was arrested on 2 May 2013 at his home by plain clothed police officers. His whereabouts are unknown. He is a prisoner ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/013/2013

Yemen: Further Information: Yemeni man again facing imminent ...
1 May 2013

A Yemeni man who had been granted a stay of execution in February could now be executed as early as 5 May. His birth certificate shows that he was 15 years old ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/011/2013

Iraq: Concerns about the suspension of TV channels' licences
30 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 30 April 2013. AI Index: MDE 14/007/2013. Iraq: Concerns about the suspension of TV channels' licences. ...

Public Statement       MDE 14/007/2013

Saudi Arabia: Sheikh al-'Amr appeal may worsen sentence
29 April 2013

Sheikh Tawfiq Jaber Ibrahim al-'Amr risks a harsher sentence when his appeal is heard within the next few weeks. He has been serving a three-year prison sentence ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/017/2013

Syria: Child held incommunicado in Syria
26 April 2013

Sixteen-year-old Ahmed Ismael al-'Akkad, who suffers from asthma, has been held incommunicado in conditions possibly amounting to enforced disappearance since 20 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/018/2013

Turkey: National authorities and the international community must ...
25 April 2013

The ongoing internal armed conflict in Syria is fuelling a mass outflow of people seeking safety abroad, with more than 1.3 million refugees from Syria having fled ...

Report       EUR 44/009/2013

Iraq: Rein in security forces following the killings of dozens at ...
25 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 25 April 2013. AI Index: MDE 14/006/2013. Iraq: Rein in security forces following the killings ...

Public Statement       MDE 14/006/2013

Saudi Arabia: Reformists kept in prison
25 April 2013

Six reformist prisoners of conscience have been kept behind bars, while 10 others, several of whom were out on bail, are now released under a “pardon” on condition ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/014/2013