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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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5 November 2009

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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 ...

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Veteran human rights lawyer faces up to 15 years in Syrian prison ...
4 November 2009

Amnesty International believes that charges have beenbrought against Haytham al-Maleh simply because he exercised his right to freedom ofexpression.

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Iranian activist banned from receiving human rights award in ...
3 November 2009

A longstanding travel ban on journalist Emadeddin Baghi, has prevented him from travelling to Switzerland to recieve his Martin Ennals prize in person.

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Student activist held in Tunisia at risk of torture | Amnesty ...
3 November 2009

Mohammed Soudani has been detained incommunicado since he met with twoFrench radio journalists who were covering the presidential andlegislative elections that ...

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Assaults on journalists in Tunisia must be punished | Amnesty ...
30 October 2009

The assault of two independent journalists in Tunisia and the arrest ofa third in the wake of last week's elections must be punished, AmnestyInternational said.

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China holds Uighur journalist over Xinjiang unrest remarks ...
30 October 2009

Hairat Niyaz has been detained since 1 October. He is thought at risk of torture and ill-treatment. Family and friends believe his detention is due to comments ...

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Ayatollah must retract Iran election comments | Amnesty ...
29 October 2009

Amnesty International is calling on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei toimmediately retract his statement on Wednesday that criticising theoutcome of June’s presidential election ...

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