Urgent Letter Writing Actions

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Aziz Dweik has been given a six-month administrative detention order

The Speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Aziz Dweik, has been placed under administrative detention following his arrest on 19 January.

Palestinian school at risk of demolition

A primary school for Palestinian Bedouin children in the Jerusalem area could be destroyed at any time.

Eight men have been executed in Saudi Arabia since 5 September.

Since the end of the Holy month of Ramadan, executions have resumed in Saudi Arabia at an alarming rate.

Three Palestinian Bedouin families are facing demolition of their homes.

On 18 September, the Israeli military served three "stop work" orders against four domestic structures belonging to three Palestinian Bedouin families in the Tubas district in the occupied West Bank.
 

Free student and women's rights activist Bahareh Hedayat

 Bahareh Hedayat, 30, is a student and women’s rights activist and a member of the Campaign for Equality. She is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence after her arrest on 31 December 2009, in the midst of the unrest following the disputed presidential elections. She spent 81 days in solitary confinement and endured a gruelling interrogation process before being transferred to Evin Prison. On 16 July 2011, she was given temporary leave to observe a religious holiday on US$700,000 bail.

Free journalist and prisoner of conscience Bahman Ahmadi Amou'i

Bahman Ahmadi Amou'i, 43, an editor at the business daily paper Sarmayeh, which was closed by the authorities on 2 November 2009, was sentenced to seven years and four months’ imprisonment and 32 lashes on 4 January 2010 by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran.

Free journalist and prisoner of conscience Ahmad Zeidabadi

Over 2 years have been passed since the arrest of Ahmad Zeidabadi, a journalist and spokesperson for the Graduates’ Association, which has promoted reform and greater respect for human rights. He is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of his rights to freedom of expression and association.

URGENT ACTION:Two leaders of teachers' association are detained and facing trial.

The former president and vice-president of the Bahrain Teachers' Association have been detained since the end of March and are now facing trial.