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ACHRS18/11/2012

Libya: Foreign nationals face abuse and exploitation

Undocumented foreign nationals in Libya are at risk of exploitation, arbitrary and indefinite detention, as well as beatings, sometimes amounting…
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ACHRS29/09/2012

Yemen: Massacre Investigation Badly Flawed

The previous Yemeni government’s investigation into the so-called Friday of Dignity massacre on March 18, 2011, in Yemen’s capital is…
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ACHRS27/09/2012

Tunisia: Woman allegedly raped by police faces prosecution

The Tunisian authorities must drop indecency charges against a woman who was summoned to court on Wednesday after she had…
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ACHRS25/09/2012

Yemen’s future stability requires human rights action plan

Yemen could face another human rights crisis unless the authorities act now to end persistent abuses in the country and…
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ACHRS19/09/2012

Bahrain: UN human rights review must spur action not hollow pledges

A new United Nations review of the human rights situation in Bahrain will have been a hollow exercise unless the…
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ACHRS07/07/2011

Open Letter to Members of the Royal Committee for Amending the Constitution

5 July 2011: Dear Members of the Royal Committee for Amending the Constitution The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Human Rights…
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ACHRS29/01/2011

Egypt: Demonstrators Defy Riot Police, Censorship

(Cairo) – Thousands of protesters in Cairo and Alexandria defied a heavy deployment of riot police and other security forces…
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ACHRS29/01/2011

Egyptian authorities urged to rein in security forces

Authorities urged to ensure that protesters are free from intimidation and violence Amnesty International has urged the Egyptian authorities to…
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ACHRS29/01/2011

Jordan: Let Jordanians Speak Their Minds

(Amman) – Jordan should stop stifling dissent and allow Jordanians to voice their grievances freely, Human Rights Watch said today…
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ACHRS29/01/2011

Disturbing new evidence of Tunisian security forces brutality

Tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition were widely used Amnesty International has today revealed disturbing new evidence of the…
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