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Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
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Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges
17 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 24/021/2013. 17 May 2013. Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges. ...

Public Statement       MDE 24/021/2013

Morocco/Western Sahara: Further information: Six tortured and ...
16 May 2013

El Hussein Bah was jailed in Laayoune, Western Sahara,yesterday after the Crown Prosecutor overruled a previous decision to release him on bail. Five other Sahrawis ...

Urgent Action       MDE 29/006/2013

Bahrain: Five Bahraini men sentenced to jail for Tweets
16 May 2013

Five Bahraini men, including a lawyer, were sentenced to one year's imprisonment by the Manama Lower Criminal Court on 15 May for allegedly insulting the King of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/016/2013

Morocco: Six arrested and tortured in Western Sahara
15 May 2013

On 9 May, Moroccan security forces in Laayoune, Western Sahara, arrested six Sahrawis including a 17-year-old. They were arrested after protesting for the self- ...

Urgent Action       MDE 29/005/2013

Libya: Amnesty International Condemns Benghazi Bombing Targeting ...
14 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: MDE 19/006/2013. 14 May 2013. Amnesty International Condemns Benghazi Bombing Targeting Civilians. ...

Public Statement       MDE 19/006/2013

Turkey: Twin car bombings in Syrian border district condemned
13 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: EUR 44/011/2013. 13 May 2013. Turkey: Twin car bombings in Syrian border district condemned. ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/011/2013

Bahrain: Prisoner of conscience's sentence upheld: Zainab Al ...
10 May 2013

Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja's sentence to three months' imprisonment for participating in an “illegal gathering” was upheld by the Appeal Court on 9 May ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/015/2013

Bahrain: Further information: Activist prisoner of conscience was ...
9 May 2013

Bahraini human rights activist Naji Fateel was tortured and otherwise ill-treated before he was transferred to Dry Dock Prison on 5 May 2013. He is a prisoner of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/014/2013

Yemen: Yemeni man's execution halted once again
7 May 2013

A Yemeni man who had been told that he would be executed as early as 5 May was granted a stay of execution on 4 May. His case, and those of all others on death ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/012/2013

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.

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