The UAE authorities are planning to forcibly return 'Abd al-Rahman Abu Zaid to Syria, where he would be at risk of torture: he is understood to be a member of the ...
Sanad al-Kazimi is a Yemeni national who has been held without charge or trial in Guantánamo Bay in Cuba for the past three and a half years. In total, he has been ...
Businessperson Alsadiq Siddiq Adam Abdullah, a Sudanese national and UK resident, has not been heard from since 5 November 2007. He was in the United Arab Emirates ...
On 1 October, 'Abdullah Sultan al-Subaihat, aged 45, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the UAE's Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi. His trial was unfair ...
A teenage girl has reportedly been sentenced to receive 60 lashes for having "illicit sex". According to a local newspaper, the Supreme Court has upheld the sentence ...
1) 40 years of occupation 2) Systematic use of torture in Guinea 3) Access denied! Closing borders deprives refugees of their rights: Australia to 'swap' refugees ...
The world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of capital punishment during 2006. By the end of the year 88 countries had abolished the death penalty ...
Agricultural engineer 'Abdullah Sultan al-Subaihat was arrested on 8 February by Amn al-Dawla (State Security) officers, at the agricultural administration department ...
1) Government maligns Colombian activists 2) Will China honour its Olympic promises? 3) 3 October Focus on Africa - World Habitat Day 4) Thousands made homeless ...
1.) Philippines abolishes the death penalty; 2.) Child offender executed in Pakistan; 3.) Death penalty statistics; 4.) Stoning to death reported in Iran; 5.) Egypt ...