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Egypt: Release teacher accused of blasphemy
A Coptic Christian teacher detained in Egypt on charges of “defamation of religion" must be immediately released and the criminal case against her dropped, said Amnesty International today, ahead of her appearance in court on Saturday. Dimyana Obeid Abd Al Nour, 24, has been in custody since 8 May, (...)

10 - 05 - 2013
Eritrea: 20 years of independence but still no freedom
This month Eritrea ‘celebrates' its 20th year of independence – yet it remains one of the most secretive and repressive countries in the world. On Thursday 9 May, Amnesty International is releasing a report looking at how President Isaias Afewerki has systematically used arrest and indefinite (...)

08 - 05 - 2013
Algeria: New law on associations used to stifle civil society
The conviction of an activist in Algeria after he distributed leaflets about unemployment in the country is a worrying sign that a new law regulating associations is being used to restrict civil society groups' activities, Amnesty International said. On 6 May, Abdelkader Kherba, a member of the (...)

08 - 05 - 2013
Ruling by Ethiopia's Supreme Court in Eskinder Nega case missed opportunity
Today, Freedom Now, Amnesty International, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the Committee to Free Eskinder Nega, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, English PEN, the International Press Institute, the International (...)

03 - 05 - 2013
Amnesty calls for release of US citizen forced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea
North Korea's Supreme Court in Pyongyang has reportedly sentenced a US national of Korean origin to 15 years of hard labour in the country's infamous prison camps today after finding him guilty of various unspecified crimes against the nation. Pae Jun-Ho (also known as Kenneth Bae), 44, was (...)

02 - 05 - 2013
Journalists targeted in on-going conflict in Syria
Scores of journalists reporting on human rights abuses in Syria have been killed, arbitrarily arrested, detained, subjected to enforced disappearances and tortured over the last two years, Amnesty International said in a report released on World Press Freedom Day. These abuses have been carried out (...)

01 - 05 - 2013
Israel must scrap plans to forcibly evict Bedouin
Israel's new government must drop a proposed law that would lead to mass forced evictions of Bedouin people and instead pursue legislation to protect Bedouin housing rights, Amnesty International said, as the Ministerial Committee on Legislation is due to consider the proposal on Sunday. The draft (...)

21 - 04 - 2013
Indonesia: Victims of the Aceh conflict still waiting for truth, justice and reparation
Victims and family members are still waiting for the Indonesian authorities to provide them with truth, justice and full reparation almost eight years after the end to the devastating Aceh conflict, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. The report, “Time to Face the Past", (...)

21 - 04 - 2013
“Witch-hunts” continue against Papua New Guinea women
Authorities in Papua New Guinea must take urgent action to prevent and punish ‘sorcery'-related violence, following reports six women and a man were abducted and subjected to acts of appalling cruelty by a group who accused them of witchcraft. Komape Lap from the Southern Highlands claims he and (...)

07 - 04 - 2013
Western Sahara: Moroccan authorities must respect freedom of assembly
The forcible dispersal of a demonstration and the assault on protesters in Western Sahara by Moroccan security forces around the visit of Christopher Ross, the UN Personal Envoy to the Secretary General for Western Sahara, highlight the need for human rights monitoring by the MINURSO, said Amnesty (...)

04 - 04 - 2013
Kidnap, trafficking of refugees, asylum-seekers must be stopped by Egypt, Sudan
Egypt and Sudan must make urgent and concerted efforts to stop asylum-seekers and refugees being kidnapped from camps in Sudan, forcibly transported to Egypt, and being severely abused in the Sinai desert, Amnesty International said in a new briefing. For over two years, refugees and asylum-seekers (...)

03 - 04 - 2013
UN puts human rights at heart of historic Arms Trade Treaty
Today, governments at the United Nations adopted by a wide margin an Arms Trade Treaty that will prohibit states from transferring conventional weapons to countries when they know those weapons will be used to commit or facilitate genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes. In the UN General (...)

02 - 04 - 2013
Skeptics block arms treaty
In a deeply cynical move, Iran, North Korea and Syria have thwarted the adoption of an Arms Trade Treaty aimed at prohibiting states from transferring conventional weapons to countries when they know those weapons will be used to commit or facilitate genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, (...)

01 - 04 - 2013
Tunisia blogger jailed for “insulting Islam"
Tunisia should mark its national day of internet freedom on 13 March by releasing immediately and unconditionally 28-year-old blogger Jabeur Meiri, who has been in prison for more than a year, Amnesty International said. “It's ironic that on 13 March last year, President Moncef Marzouki was giving (...)

13 - 03 - 2013
Saudi Arabia: Executing seven men would be act of sheer brutality
Seven men who hit the headlines last week when it emerged that one of them faced “crucifixion" following execution in Saudi Arabia, look set to be shot on Wednesday morning, prompting Amnesty International to call for a halt to what would be nothing more than an act of “sheer brutality." Those (...)

13 - 03 - 2013
Egypt football violence death sentences condemned
has condemned death sentences handed down against 21 people in the Port Said football violence trial on 9 March 2013. The trials which led to the death sentences seem to be more about scapegoating a few rather than providing answers about what happened on the day of the game and the role the (...)

11 - 03 - 2013
Egypt betrays revolution with proposed draconian laws
Two laws that would severely restrict the work of independent civil society organizations and limit freedom of assembly in Egypt should be significantly amended or dropped, Amnesty International said today as the country's Upper House of parliament prepared to debate the proposed legislation. A (...)

06 - 03 - 2013
Amnesty International trial observer denied entry into UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have denied an Amnesty International delegate entry into the country ahead of a trial of 94 UAE citizens, highlighting serious questions about its transparency and fairness, Amnesty International said. The defendants, including at least three prisoners of (...)

03 - 03 - 2013
Bias in laws puts women and girls in danger in Morocco
In March 2012, Moroccan 16-year-old Amina Filali swallowed rat poison and killed herself, after being forced to marry the man she said had raped her. Amina's tragic story was not uncommon in Morocco, where Article 475 of the Penal Code has allowed rapists to escape prosecution if they marry the (...)

01 - 03 - 2013
Libya journalist held for anti-corruption work
Libyan newspaper editor Amara Abdalla al-Khatabi has been detained incommunicado since 19 December 2012. He has been charged with defamation, as his newspaper published a list of judges it said were involved in corruption. Amara Abdalla al-Khatabi, 67-year-old editor-in-chief of the Libyan daily (...)

26 - 02 - 2013
Egypt: Grant Alexandria activist a fair trial
Ahead of Tuesday's trial of well-known Alexandria activist Hassan Mostafa, Amnesty International urges the Egyptian authorities to ensure that fair trial guarantees are fully upheld in his case. The organization also expresses concern that the charges against Hassan Mostafa may be spurious and (...)

26 - 02 - 2013
Yemeni authorities unleash deadly force on protesters
Yemeni security forces have acted in contravention of international human rights standards by opening fire on peaceful pro-secession protesters today in the south, resulting in four deaths and dozens of injured, said Amnesty International today. Security forces used firearms and tear gas killing (...)

22 - 02 - 2013
Western Sahara: Two years too long – repression of protests must end
Two years after thousands of people took to the streets of Rabat, Casablanca and other cities in Morocco calling for reform, repression of protests in Morocco remains routine, said Amnesty International. To this day, dozens of activists affiliated with the 20 February movement are reported to be (...)

21 - 02 - 2013
Massive arms bazaar in Abu Dhabi exposes weakness in Arms Trade Treaty talks
China, the USA, EU states and other arms-exporting countries must ensure that any deals brokered at an international arms fair in Abu Dhabi this week do not result in weapons reaching countries where they could contribute to serious human rights abuses, Amnesty International said. The International (...)

21 - 02 - 2013
India: Reject new sexual violence ordinance
Legislators in India should substantially amend or replace the new criminal law on violence against women in the forthcoming budget session of the parliament, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. On February 3, 2013, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee signed the Criminal Law (...)

13 - 02 - 2013
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