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Oman: Further information: Sentences upheld for eight Omani ...
7 March 2013

The Omani Supreme Court has upheld sentences against eight activists, while referring the cases of eight others for retrial. On the basis of information received ...

Urgent Action       MDE 20/002/2013

Iran: Joint letter to the Permanent Representatives of Members of ...
7 March 2013

On 21 or 22 March 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will vote on the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human ...

Open Letter       MDE 13/011/2013

Yemen: Further information: Yemeni man to be executed within days ...
6 March 2013

Muhammad Abdul Karim Muhammad Haza'a is scheduled to be executed on 9 March. His age at the time of his alleged crime remains in dispute.

Urgent Action       MDE 31/008/2013

Saudi Arabia: Further information: Executions of seven men ...
5 March 2013

Seven Saudi Arabian men have had their executions postponed (they were originally scheduled for 5 March). They could be executed as early as next week.

Urgent Action       MDE 23/009/2013

Iraq: Further information: Journalist permitted to return to ...
5 March 2013

Independent journalist Nadir Dendoune was released on bail on 14 February and handed to the French Embassy in Baghdad where he remained, pending the closure of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/003/2013

Bahrain: Further information: Activist jailed for 'insulting an ...
4 March 2013

Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on 28 February for "insulting an officer" in a military hospital. She had been ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/006/2013

Morocco/Western Sahara: Comprehensive reforms to end violence ...
1 March 2013

The suicide of Amina Filali led to a public outcry in Morocco and has prompted the authorities to change the law allowing a rapist to escape prosecution if he marries ...

Document       MDE 29/001/2013

Saudi Arabia: Seven men to be executed
1 March 2013

Seven Saudi Arabian men are scheduled to be executed on 5 March 2013. They have said they were tortured to make them “confess”, and sentenced to death following ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/008/2013

Wire, March/April 2013 (10 December 2012)
1 March 2013

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Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2013

Iran: Iraqi cleric detained, whereabouts unknown: Ahmed al ...
1 March 2013

Iraqi cleric and commentator Ahmed al-Qubbanji was detained on 17 or 18 February in Qom, central Iran, while visiting a member of his family. He is not known to ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/010/2013