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Syria: Men in video “confessions” feared tortured
12 March 2013

Four Syrian men identified in televised “confessions” as involved in a plot to assassinate Syria's president have been held incommunicado for 10 weeks, during ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/007/2013

Iran: UN Human Rights Council Twenty-Second Session, 25 February ...
12 March 2013

In this oral intervention Südwind and Amnesty International express concern that discriminatory selection procedures for candidates, as well as restrictions of ...

Open Letter       MDE 13/012/2013

Egypt football violence death sentences condemned
11 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 12/014/2013. 11 March 2013. Egypt football violence death sentences condemned. ...

Public Statement       MDE 12/014/2013

Libya: Further information: Detained journalist's health at risk ...
11 March 2013

Libyan newspaper editor Amara Abdalla al-Khatabi, who has been detained incommunicado since 19 December 2012, began a hunger strike on 28 February 2013. His health ...

Urgent Action       MDE 19/002/2013

Saudi Arabia: Further information: NGO founders jailed for ...
11 March 2013

Two of the co-founders of a Saudi Arabian human rights organization have been imprisoned on charges related to their human rights activism and criticism of the ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/010/2013

Yemen: Further information: Muhammad Haza'a executed
11 March 2013

Muhammad Abdul Karim Muhammad Haza'a was executed on 9 March 2013 despite international and local appeals, including a request by the Yemeni Attorney General to ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/009/2013

Iraq: A decade of abuses
11 March 2013

Ten years after the US-led invasion that overthrew President Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains mired in human rights abuses. Armed groups opposed to the government continue ...

Report       MDE 14/001/2013

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