Middle East and Gulf

0: IOPT: Hadidiya and Humsa

The Palestinian inhabitants of Hadidiya and Humsa hamlets in the Jordan Valley region of the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) are at immediate risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes by the Israeli army. The residents are subject to restrictions on their movement whilst living under the constant threat of having their homes demolished and being forced out of the area. They are also denied access to the water and land needed for their survival.

1: IOPT: Shawan Jabarin

Shawan Jabarin is the director of internationally recognized Palestinian human rights NGO Al-Haq, based in Ramallah in the West Bank. 

The Israeli army has prohibited him from travelling outside the West Bank since March 2006. This restriction impedes his human rights advocacy work, as he is unable to represent his organization at conferences and meetings abroad.

2: IOPT: Casefile of Samar Barghouti and 'Omar Barghouti

3: IOPT: Khaled Jardarat

K'tziot Prison

4: IOPT: Salah Mohammed Suleiman Al-'Arouri

5: IOPT: Good News! 'Adnan 'Abdallah

'Adnan 'Abdallah wrote to Amnesty International from his home in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories, on 29 January 2010. (This Casefile will close on 10 Febrauary. No more action is required. Many thanks to all who took action.

6: IOPT: Good News! Hamdi Mohammad Shahadeh al-Ta'mari

AI spoke to 17-year old Hamdi al-Ta'mari who has been at home for two days now after a year in prison without charge in Israel. He said, "I received one letter from Amnesty International members, at the beginning, that was the first one. Later the guards refused to pass on the letters to me, they just asked, 'Where are you getting all these letters from?' That way I knew I had many letters and that people knew about me, which made the guards pay attention. I wish I could receive those letters now. When I was released, the guard said 'You will just be out for a couple of weeks, then you'll be back' - maybe he was just kidding."
Hamdi plans to resume his studies and apply for the Palestinian secondary school final exams. Then he hopes to study at university and travel abroad. His whole family is rejoicing and he has been seeing his friends, who organised a party for him.

7: IOPT: Jayyus Village

http://sites.google.com/site/aiukmeg/iopt/jayyus-village

https://sites.google.com/site/aiukmeg/iopt/jayyus-village

In the northern West Bank village of Jayyus, a growing number of farmers are being denied access to their agricultural land, from which they have been cut off by the fence/wall that Israel is building through the occupied West Bank. While the fence/wall was being developed in the area the Israeli army promised to allow the villagers free access to their land. Immediately after the fence/wall was constructed, permits were granted to most farmers. However, the army soon began refusing to renew the permits of a growing number of farmers, depriving them and their families of their livelihood.

8: IOPT: Gaza

9: IOPT: West Bank

10: ISRAEL: Mordechai Vanunu

Mordechai Vanunu is an anti-nuclear whistleblower who has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for refusing to abide by arbitrary restrictions imposed on him by the Israeli military. He was released in 2004 after serving 18 years in jail for revealing details of Israel's nuclear program, and since then he has been forbidden from communicating with foreigners or leaving the country. The restrictions violate Mordechai Vanunu's human rights, notably his right to freedom of expression, association and movement. He is currently free on bail pending his appeal against his conviction and sentence. These restrictions must be lifted, and his sentence cancelled.

11: IRAN: Emadeddin Baghi

Journalist and human rights defender Emadeddin Baghi has recently been released from prison after serving a one-year prison sentence imposed in 2003. This was imposed after he was found guilty of "printing lies" and “endangering national security” after the publication of his book, The Tragedy of Democracy, in Iran. However, he may now have to serve a three-year prison sentence handed down in 2003, and is also facing new charges after criticizing the authorities.

12: IRAN: Campaign For Equality

http://www.campaign4equality.info/english/

13: IRAN: The Centre for Human Rights Defenders

14: IRAN: Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand

Cleric Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is a prisoner of conscience, held solely because of his peaceful religious beliefs on what appears to be politically motivated charges. He is being denied the medical care he needs for a number of health problems, including Parkinson's Disease.

15: IRAN: Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi

Cleric Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is a prisoner of conscience, held solely because of his peaceful religious beliefs on what appears to be politically motivated charges. He is being denied the medical care he needs for a number of health problems, including Parkinson's Disease.

16: IRAN: Ronak Safarzadeh

Ronak Safarzadeh, an Iranian Kurd, is detained in the women’s section of Sanandaj Prison, Kordestan Province, north-west Iran. She is a member of two non-governmental organizations promoting women’s rights in Iran: the Campaign for Equality and the Azar Mehr Women’s Organization of Sanandaj (which is affiliated to the Campaign for Equality). Amnesty International believes that she is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for her work for women’s rights and the rights of Iran's Kurdish minority.

17: IRAN: Mansoure Ossanlu

Mansour Ossanlu is a trade union activist and human rights defender. He has spent several periods in prison and has experienced a long history of persecution by the authorities for his legitimate trade union activities. Mansour Ossanlu has continually faced harassment and intimidation at the hands of the Iranian authorities both within and outside prison. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience and is calling for his immediate unconditional release.

18: IRAQ: Walid Yunis Ahmad

Walid Yunis Ahmad was arrested on 6 February 2000 in Erbil, the capital city of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He was subjected to an enforced disappearance for three years, before his family learned that he was alive. During this time he was tortured and went on hunger strike in protest against his detention. He is currently held in solitary confinement without charge or trial, at the Asayish building in Erbil. He is however said to be of good health and has been visited by his family.

19: IRAQ: Farhang Ahmad Aziz

Farhang Ahmad Aziz was arrested in 2003 by security forces in the northern Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He is said to have been handed over to US forces in Iraq. His family have not received any information about him and his whereabouts are still unknown.

20: IRAQ: Dr Honor Uthman Salah

Dr Honor Uthman Salah was arrested at his home during which his family was held at gunpoint on 8 January 2009 by armed officers from the Asayish (Kurdish Security Forces). He remains held without charge or trial in the detention wing of the Asayish Gishti (General Security) building in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, though he is allowed visits by his family and lawyer.

21: IRAQ: Samar Sa'ad 'Abdullah

Samar Sa'ad 'Abdullah was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court of al-Karkh, Baghdad, on 15 August 2005 for the murder of her uncle, his wife and one of their children in the al-Khudra' district of Baghdad. She reportedly denied involvement and blamed the killings on her fiancé, who, she said, had carried them out in order to rob her uncle. Her fiancé was said to have been accused of the same crime but is apparently still being sought for arrest by the authorities. Samar Sa'ad 'Abdullah's death sentence was upheld on 26 February 2007 by the Court of Cassation. She is detained at C4 (Sajn al-Nissa’) Women's Prison in Baghdad and is facing execution unless she is pardoned or her sentence is commuted by the President.

22: IRAQ: Wassan Talib

Wassan Talib was sentenced to death by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) on 31 August 2006 for the 2005 murder of several members of Iraqi security forces in the Baghdad district of Hay al-Furat. She denied any involvement. On 26 February 2007, the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against her. She is detained at C4 (Sajn al-Nissa’) Women's Prison in Baghdad and is facing execution unless she is pardoned or has her sentence commuted by the President.

23: IRAQ: brahim Karim Mohammed al-Qaragholi

Ibrahim Karim Mohammed al-Qaragholi  was sentenced to death for murder and kidnapping in October 2008 and is being held at al-Kadhimiya Prison in Baghdad with other prisoners on death row.

24: Sajn al-Nissa C4 Women's Prison

25: IRAQ: Ibrahim Karim Mohammed al-Qaragholi

Ibrahim Karim Mohammed al-Qaragholi was sentenced to death for murder and kidnapping in October 2008 and is being held at al-Kadhimiya Prison in Baghdad with other prisoners on death row.

26: IRAQ: Nathum Mohammad Isma’il al-‘Ani and 15 others

Nathum Mohammad Isma’il al-‘Ani was one of 18 people arrested by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad in December 2005. The group were apparently arrested on suspicion of involvement with armed groups opposed to the Iraqi government. The men are said to have been tortured during interrogation. There has been no news of the whereabouts of Nathum Mohammad Isma’il al-‘Ani and 15 other men since January 2006. They are believed to be the victims of enforced disappearance, and Amnesty International fears for their lives.

27: PA: Disappeared detainees

Ali AL-KHDAIR, Taiseer RAMADHAN, Nazem ABU 'ALI, Shaker SALEH, Ismail AYASH and Mohammad ALQRUM all "disappeared" while in custody in a Palestinian Authority (PA) detention centre in Salfit (central Palestinian West Bank) on 12 March 2002. On this date, their families received a call from the PA security forces informing them that the six men had escaped from the PA detention centre where they had been detained and had fled towards Israel. They have not been seen or heard from since.

28: PA/Hamas: Gilad Shalit

Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was captured on 25 June 2006 by Palestinian armed groups in an attack on an army base in the south of Israel, near the Gaza Strip, in which two other soldiers were killed and a third was injured. He has been held in secret ever since; he has not been allowed to communicate with the outside world, or to have contact with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). He holds dual Israeli and French citizenship.

29: SAUDI: Dr Ahmad 'Abbas Ahmad Muhammad

Egyptian pharmacist Dr Ahmad 'Abbas Ahmad Muhammad has been held incommunicado, without charge, since May 2003, when he was arrested with hundreds of others in Riyadh. He is one of thousands of people detained in Saudi Arabia since September 2001; many have been held for years without access to lawyers or the courts.

30: SAUDI: Hamad al-Neyl Abu Kassawy

Sudanese national Hamad al-Neyl Abu Kassawy makes a living as a "suitcase trader," travelling between Sudan, Syria and the United Arab Emirates buying and selling household goods and clothes. This provides the sole income for his family in Sudan (his wife and three children and also his elderly parents). He flew from Syria to the Saudi Arabian city of Madina on 26 June 2004, and was arrested on arrival; since then he has been held with very little information made available about his case. He had come to Madina to carry out a form of Islamic pilgrimage, ‘umra while on his way back to Sudan. His family heard nothing until February 2005, when a Saudi Arabian national who had visited a prison in Madina told them that Hamad al-Neyl Abu Kassawy was being detained there on suspicion of belonging to an Islamist organization.

31: SAUDI: Suliamon Olyfemi

32: SAUDI: Siti Zainab Binti Duhri Rupa

33: SAUDI: 8 Detainees

34: Syria: Anwar Al-Bunni

In December Anwar al Bunni received the German Association of Judges' award for his defence of human rights, dignity and freedom. (Janauary 2010).  He is still held at Adra Prison for signing the Beirut Damascus dEclaration

35: Syria: Fayez Sarah

36: Syria: Kamal Al-Labwani

 Take action now Pro-democracy activist Kamal al-Labwani is serving a 15-year sentence, handed down after a series of unfair court proceedings. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression.

He was arrested at Damascus airport on 8 November 2005 when he returned from a trip to Europe and the USA, where he met human rights organizations and government officials and called for peaceful democratic reform in Syria.

37: Syria: Muhammad Haydar Zammar

Muhammad Haydar Zammar, a German national of Syrian origin, is serving a 12-year sentence, imposed after an unfair trial before the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC), for membership of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The organization has since denied that Muhammad Zammar ever had any involvement with it or any of its members. He is held in Sednaya prison, on the outskirts of Damascus.

38: SYRIA UA: Ragdah Sa'id Hassan

Syrian writer detained for writing a story of political prisoners is herself jailed.

39: SYRIA: Sednaya Seven POCs

40: YEMEN: Fatima Hussein-Badi is facing the sentence of death imposed after unfair trial proceedings exacerbated by blatant interference by the executive and legislative powers of the state. Her brother, Abdullah, who was sentenced to death with her was

Fatima Hussein-Badi is facing the sentence of death imposed after unfair trial proceedings exacerbated by blatant interference by the executive and legislative powers of the state. Her brother, Abdullah, who was sentenced to death with her was executed in May 2005.

41: SYRIA: Sednaya Prison

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42: 'Adra/Central Damascus Prison