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  • Saudi Arabia
  • Torture and other ill-treatment

Saudi Arabia: Access for independent monitors urgently needed amid more reports of torture of activists

Amnesty International has obtained new reports of torture and abuse inflicted on a group of Saudi Arabian human rights activists who have been in arbitrary detention since May 2018. These reports follow similar testimonies from November 2018 into the torture of a number of the activists, and highlight the urgent need to allow independent monitors access to those in detention, the organization said today.

Date:
25 January 2019
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Egypt ‘more dangerous than ever’ for peaceful critics

Eight years after the start of Egypt’s revolution, the Egyptian people are facing an unprecedented attack on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Tens of thousands took to the streets to demand greater protections for human rights during the 25 January revolution of 2011, but under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the space for dissent is being crushed out of existence. Over the course of 2018, the Egyptian authorities arrested at least 113 people simply for peacefully expressing their views.

Date:
24 January 2019
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Iran’s ‘year of shame’: More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018

The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty International, a year after a wave of protests against poverty, corruption and authoritarianism erupted across the country. The organization has today revealed staggering new figures showing the extent of the Iranian authorities’ repression during 2018.

Date:
24 January 2019
  • Campaigns
  • Palestine (State of)
  • Detention

State of Palestine: Further Information: Activist Risks Charges Over Forced ‘Confession’: Suha Jbara

On 9 January 2019, Suha Jbara was released after spending over two months in detention where she says she was tortured by interrogators. She spent over 26 days on hunger strike in protest against her treatment by security forces and prosecutors. Suha Jbara still has not been read her charges in court and her upcoming hearing is scheduled for 30 January. She is at risk of being charged based on information obtained under torture, although the prosecutor’s office has not provided any credible evidence against her.

Date:
22 January 2019
Ref:
MDE 21/9721/2019
  • Campaigns
  • Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Israel/OPT: Prominent Bedouin Leader Imprisoned by Israel: Sheikh Sayyah Abu Mdeighim al-Turi

On 25 December 2018, 69-year-old human rights defender Sheikh Sayyah Abu Mdeighim al-Turi, started serving a 10-month prison sentence for exercising his rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly. Sheikh Sayyah is the head of al-‘Araqib, a Bedouin village in the Negev/Naqab that is unrecognized by the Israeli authorities. He is currently held at Maasiyahu Prison, in the city of Ramle in central Israel.

Date:
21 January 2019
Ref:
MDE 15/9702/2019
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Morocco: Conviction of Hirak El-Rif protest leader Nawal Benaissa upheld

Responding to the news that the appeals court in Al Hoceima has upheld the conviction of Nawal Benaissa, confirming her 10-month suspended prison sentence with a fine, Heba Morayef Amnesty International’s Director for the Middle East and North Africa said: “This verdict is an appalling miscarriage of justice. Nawal Benaissa’s only ‘crime’ was to join peaceful protests to demand the rights of people in the Rif region.

Date:
18 January 2019
  • News
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • Refugees

European leaders are manufacturing a "migration crisis" for political gain

“We have a safe port,” a crew member tells dozens of despondent asylum seekers crammed into a cabin aboard the Sea-Watch 3 NGO rescue ship. After almost three weeks of being stranded in the Mediterranean, the news takes a moment to sink in. “We’re going in,” he explains. “C’est fini. ” Within seconds the room erupts in unrestrained relief and joy. This was the end of an ordeal, last week, for 49 women, men and children aboard the Sea-Watch 3 and Professor Albrecht Penck NGO vessels, who were finally disembarked in Malta.

Date:
18 January 2019
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Morocco: Abandon Attempts to Dissolve Cultural Group

Moroccan authorities should immediately abandon attempts to dissolve the cultural group Racines, over critical comments made by guests on an online talk show it hosted, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. Racines, a Casablanca-based association, was targeted because its office was used as a venue to record an episode of the talk show ‘1 Dîner 2 Cons’ (One Dinner, Two Fools) on August 5, 2018.

Date:
18 January 2019
  • Campaigns
  • Egypt
  • Disappearances

Egypt: Lawyer Detained in Undisclosed Location: Hoda Abdelmoniem

On 15 January 2019, Hoda Abdelmoniem appeared before the prosecution for investigation, and her pre-trial detention was renewed for 15 days. Hoda told her daughter that she is being detained in an undisclosed location. Hoda’s last appearance before the public prosecution was on 21 November 2018, after her 20 days of enforced disappearance. From 2 December 2018 until 14 January 2019, Hoda’s lawyer and family could not find her in any prison and did not know about her fate and whereabouts.

Date:
17 January 2019
Ref:
MDE 12/9705/2019
  • Campaigns
  • Egypt
  • Detention

Egypt: Arbitrary Detention Extended: Islam Khalil

On 8 January 2019, the Cairo Criminal Court renewed Islam Khalil’s detention for a further 45 days. Islam Khalil was a victim of an enforced disappearance and has been held in pre-trial detention on trumped-up charges since 10 March 2018. He is being denied access to necessary health care. The charges, of which Islam Khalil maintains his innocence, are believed to have been brought against him in retaliation for his political activism.

Date:
17 January 2019
Ref:
MDE 12/9703/2019
  • Campaigns
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Unfair Trials

United Arab Emirates: Human Rights Defender’s 10-Year Sentence Upheld: Ahmed Mansoor

On 31 December 2018, prominent human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor, had his 10-year prison sentence upheld by the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi. He was convicted on charges that include “insulting the status and prestige of the UAE and its symbols”, including its leaders, “publish[ing] false information to damage [the] UAE’s reputation abroad” and “portray[ing] the UAE as a lawless land”.

Date:
10 January 2019
Ref:
MDE 25/9666/2019
  • Campaigns
  • Bahrain
  • Unfair Trials

Bahrain: Human Rights Defender Loses Final Appeal: Nabeel Rajab

On 31 December 2018, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the five-year prison sentence of human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab. He was convicted of “spreading false rumours in time of war”, “insulting a foreign country" and “insulting public authorities”, in relation to peaceful tweets about the conflict in Yemen and torture allegations in Jaw prison. Nabeel Rajab has therefore exhausted all legal remedies in this case.

Date:
9 January 2019
Ref:
MDE 11/9656/2019
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Saudi Arabia: Censorship of Netflix is latest proof of crackdown on freedom of expression

Responding to news that Netflix have removed an episode from a comedy show in Saudi Arabia, after officials from the Kingdom complained that it violated cyber-crime laws, Samah Hadid, Middle East Director of Campaigns at Amnesty International, said:  “Saudi Arabia’s censorship of Netflix using a cyber-crime law comes as no surprise, and is further proof of a relentless crackdown on freedom of expression in the Kingdom.

Date:
2 January 2019
  • Campaigns
  • Bahrain
  • Torture and other ill-treatment

Bahrain: Deported Bahraini At Risk of Ill-Treatment: Ali Mohamed al-Showaikh

On 20 October 2018, Ali Mohamed al-Showaikh was deported from the Netherlands and arrested upon arrival at Bahrain International Airport. For more than ten weeks since, he has been held without access to an attorney while the Public Prosecution’s terrorism unit proceeds with charges against him. There are strong reasons to fear he has been subjected to ill-treatment.

Date:
2 January 2019
Ref:
MDE 11/9555/2019
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Censorship and Freedom of Expression

UAE: 10-year prison sentence upheld for prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor

Responding to today’s decision by the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to uphold the conviction and 10-year prison term of prominent Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director, Lynn Maalouf said: “Today’s court decision to uphold Ahmed Mansoor’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence confirms there is no space for free expression in the United Arab Emirates.

Date:
31 December 2018
  • News
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Detention

Bahrain: Five-year prison sentence over tweets upheld for Nabeel Rajab

Responding to the news that Bahrain’s Court of Cassation has upheld the conviction of Nabeel Rajab, one of Bahrain’s most prominent human rights defenders, based on views he expressed on Twitter, Lynn Maalouf Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director, said: “Today’s shameful verdict is a travesty of justice. The decision to uphold Nabeel Rajab’s conviction and five-year sentence simply for posting tweets expressing his opinions, exposes Bahrain’s justice system as a complete farce.

Date:
31 December 2018