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Jordan: Response to border bombing must not include push-back of refugees

The “iron fist” security response pledged by Jordanian authorities in the wake of Tuesday’s car bombing of a military outpost along the border with Syria must not descend into closing the border and denying humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing armed conflict, Amnesty International said today. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the apparently well-coordinated attack, which killed six army border guards and injured several others.

Date:
22 June 2016
  • Research
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Refugees

Crossing borders: Over land and sea from Syria to Germany

In the February/March edition of Voices in Crisis, Abu al-Abd, a Palestinian refugee and long-term resident of Syria, described the risks and difficulties of carrying out medical work in the besieged and embattled south Damascus neighbourhood of Yarmouk. We pick up his story here, as he tells Amnesty International how he managed to flee to Germany. It includes bribery, dozens of checkpoints, collusion among warring groups, a total of nine countriesand crossing the Mediterranean in which some 8,000 people have drowned in the past two years.

Date:
17 June 2016
  • Research
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Armed Groups

Libya: Killing of 12 detainees after court orders their release must be investigated

Twelve former detainees were shot dead on 9 or 10 June 2016, shortly after an order by the Libyan Supreme Court for their ‘release under supervision’ from the al-Baraka prison (commonly known as al-Ruwaimi) in Tripoli. Amnesty International is calling on Libyan authorities to immediately act on their pledge to conduct an investigation into the killings and break Libya’s endemic cycle of impunity by holding to account those found to be responsible.

Date:
17 June 2016
Author:
Amnesty International
Ref:
MDE 19/4291/2016
  • Research
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Armed Conflict

Saudi Arabia: Joint NGO Letter: An open letter to Ban Ki-Moon

As organizations working to protect the rights of children and health workers in armed conflict, we are shocked by your decision announced on June 6, 2016 to remove the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition from the “list of shame” annexed to your published 2016 annual report to the United Nations Security Council on children and armed conflict, “pending the conclusions of [a] joint review” of the cases and numbers included in the text.

Date:
8 June 2016
Author:
Amnesty International
Ref:
MDE 23/4233/2016
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Armed Conflict

UN: Shameful pandering to Saudi Arabia over children killed in Yemen conflict

The credibility of the United Nations is on the line after it shamefully caved in to pressure to remove the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition from the UN’s list of states and armed groups that violate children’s rights in conflict, Amnesty International said today. Last night a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced the change to the list published on 2 June as part of an annual report by his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.

Date:
7 June 2016
  • Research
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Armed Conflict

Yemen: Evidence counters UK claims about use of British-made cluster munitions in Yemen

In May 2016, Amnesty International researchers investigated the remains of a partially detonated UK-manufactured BL-755 cluster munition in a demining centre in northern Yemen. Questions have been raised over whether the cluster munition could have been used during a former Yemen conflict. The following evidence explains the circumstances and condition in which the cluster munition was found, underpinning Amnesty International’s conclusion that this cluster munition was used during the current (2015-16) Yemen conflict by a member of the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition.

Date:
6 June 2016
Author:
Amnesty International
Ref:
MDE 31/4194/2016
  • Campaigns
  • Turkey
  • Asylum

Turkey: Refugees and asylum-seekers left to fend for themselves

Where do you go when you’ve lost everything and there’s nowhere left to turn? “I have four children, so I couldn’t save them all from drowning. One day later, I identified the dead bodies. ” Turkey is hosting 3 million asylum-seekers and refugees, the majority coming from Syria, but also from Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. This represents an enormous share of the refugees fleeing war and persecution across the Middle East, while other countries are doing very little or trying to keep refugees out of their borders.

Date:
3 June 2016
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Free Speech

Bahrain: Opposition leader jailed for nine years over peaceful speeches

In a shocking attack on the right to freedom of expression Bahrain’s authorities today upheld the conviction of opposition leader Sheikh ‘Ali Salman and increased his prison sentence from four to nine years for giving speeches in which he criticized the government, said Amnesty International. “Sheikh ‘Ali Salman’s conviction is clearly politically motivated and is designed to send a message to others that even legitimate and peaceful demands for reform will not go unpunished.

Date:
30 May 2016
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Free Speech

Egypt: Head of press syndicate detained in unprecedented crackdown on media freedom

The arrest today of the head of the Egyptian Press Syndicate and two colleagues is an alarming setback for freedom of expression and the most brazen attack on the media the country witnessed in decades, said Amnesty International. Yahia Galash, head of Press Syndicate and senior board members Khaled Elbalshy and Gamal Abd el-Reheem were summoned for questioning on 29 May by the public prosecution. After 13 hours of questioning, the three men were charged with ‘harbouring suspects against whom an arrest warrant has been issued’ and ‘publishing false news, which threatens public peace, related to their arrest’.

Date:
30 May 2016
  • Research
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Armed Conflict

Saudi Arabia should be held to account for gross and systematic human rights violations: statement to the UN Human Rights Council

Amnesty International’s written statement to the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (13 June - 1 July 2016). In this submission, Amnesty International provides information on gross and systematic violation of human rights by Saudi Arabia during its membership of the Council, and calls on Members of this Council to be seized of the issue and take steps to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for commission of these violations during its membership.

Date:
30 May 2016
Author:
Amnesty International
Ref:
MDE 23/4139/2016
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Killings and Disappearances

EU: Halt arms transfers to Egypt to stop fuelling killings and torture

Almost half of European Union (EU) member states have flouted an EU-wide suspension on arms transfers to Egypt, risking complicity in a wave of unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and torture, Amnesty International said today. Despite the suspension imposed after hundreds of protesters were killed in a show of grossly excessive force by security forces in August 2013, 12 out of 28 EU member states have remained among Egypt’s main suppliers of arms and policing equipment.

Date:
25 May 2016
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Armed Conflict

Yemen: Children among civilians killed and maimed in cluster bomb ‘minefields’

16 new civilian casualties, including nine children, documented in aftermath of Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s cluster bomb use Internally displaced people returning home to de facto ‘minefields’ Use of US, UK and Brazilian-made cluster munitions documented Urgent need for international demining assistance Children and their families returning home in northern Yemen after a year of conflict are at grave risk of serious injury and death from thousands of unexploded cluster bomb submunitions, Amnesty International said, following a 10-day research trip to Sa’da, Hajjah, and Sana’a governorates.

Date:
23 May 2016
  • Research
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Discrimination

Morocco: Violence against women bill needs stronger safeguards

As Morocco’s lawmakers are poised to debate and vote on Draft law 103-13 on combating violence against women, Amnesty International calls on the Moroccan authorities to seize this opportunity by enacting the highest international human rights law and standards. In particular, they must provide for comprehensive definitions of acts of violence, ensure access to justice, guarantee provision of support services for survivors of violence and effectively combat prejudices and discriminatory stereotypes both in law and practice.

Date:
20 May 2016
Author:
Amnesty International
Ref:
MDE 29/4007/2016