Middle East And North Africa

Tunisia releases prisoners held over Gafsa protests | Amnesty ...
6 November 2009

Sixty-eight people held in connection withprotests against unemployment and high living costsin the resource-rich Gafsa region have been released.

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UN vote on Goldstone report a defining step for accountability ...
6 November 2009

The vote adopting key recommendations of the report on theconflict in Gaza and southern Israel earlier this year, is vitallyimportant for ensuring that those who ...

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Background: Foreign nationals on death row in Saudi Arabia ...
6 November 2009

Amnesty International is aware of at least 137 people currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, of which 106 are foreign nationals. The true figures are believed ...

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Iranian security forces condemned after clampdown on protesters ...
5 November 2009

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Iran: Renewed wave of intimidation and harrassment of women's ...
5 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 13/117/2009. 05 November 2009. IRAN: Renewed wave of intimidation and harrassment ...

Document       MDE 13/117/2009

Syria: Elderly prisoner of conscience charged
5 November 2009

Haytham al-Maleh, a 78-year-old male prisoner of conscience, was charged by a military judge on 3 November with "conveying false news" about the human rights situation ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/030/2009

Convictions in Abu Omar rendition case a step toward ...
5 November 2009

US and Italian intelligence agents are convicted for their involvement in theabduction of Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (better known as Abu Omar).

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Saudi Arabia: Further information: Three beheaded
5 November 2009

Two Sri Lankans and an Indian man have been put to death in Saudi Arabia.

Urgent Action       MDE 23/032/2009

Activist on trial for denouncing pollution in Tunisia must be ...
5 November 2009

Amnesty International has called for the release of a human rightsactivist who went on trial this week for making a video about pollutionin Tunisia and posting ...

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UN vote on Goldstone report a defining step for accountability ...
5 November 2009

Today's UN vote adopting key recommendations of the Goldstone report on the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel earlier this year is vitally important for ensuring ...

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