Saudi Twitter users have joined forces to highlight the plight of a political prisoner Shaikh Yusuf Al Ahmad on the micro blogging site.

Now that US President Barack Obama has taken the decision to do so, the EU stands ready to provide political and practical support to the United States to help achieve that goal.

One of the arrested children, Humam al Rushodi, whose father is a prisoner. via e3teqal

North Korea will be on the agenda after its missile tests, as will Myanmar, since its generals persist in prosecuting Aung San Suu Kyi, the world s most famous political detainee, on trivial charges.

Saudi Jeans writes an open letter to jailed Saudi blogger Fouad Al Farhan here.

During my visit in 2009, a Yemeni hunger striker, Mohammad Saleh, died.

Bahraini blogger Hussain Yousif describes his jailed friend blogger Ali Abdulemam in this post.

Yemeni blogger Yemen Eye (Ar) expresses his support for jailed Saudi blogger Fouad Al Farhan in this post.

Lou from Saudi Arabia pays tribute to jailed Saudi blogger Fouad Al Farhan in this post.

As at 1 May, Messrs. Privert and Neptune remained in detention in the annex of the National Penitentiary.

Daloosh The more eyes we lose, the clearer our vision will become. Time up SCAF and co. Tahrir Pigs Others have also reported arrests.

On his Facebook Page, journalist Sidi Mohammed Bellamech wonders

Schhr, Student Committee of Human Rights Reporters blog reports that relatives of the jailed students are worried about their conditions in detention.

There were no legal provisions regulating the presence of children in detention and even fewer facilities to attend to their needs.

Al Ayaf has been in jail for six years now. He was tried and acquitted, but he still remains in jail.

The group members were arrested in December 2016 and were held in detention without charges until last month.

Thousands of Palestinians had died since the beginning of the latest uprising thousands more had been wounded and others were being tortured or treated inhumanely in detention.

In fact, the only thing concerning Gitmo that the Obama administration has shut down is the office of the special envoy, Daniel Fried, who had been tasked with its closure.

My imprisoned friend, I am sure you aren t listening to our empty words. You don t care that we stand in solidarity with you. You pay no attention to the hypocrisy, the deceptive gestures or support groups we form.

(c) Granting persons who are set at liberty the right to file a complaint about any ill treatment that occurred during their time in prison.

As their designated representative, al Hanashi knew which prisoners had claimed to have been tortured or abused, and by whom.

According to the spokesman for the US Southern Command, which oversees Gitmo, the hunger strikers are disillusioned, because they believed Obama s pledge to close Gitmo.

The National Press Club has announced the international recipient of the 2010 John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award is Iranian blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi, who is being held in Tehran's Evin Prison notorious for its torture of detainees.

Abdolhamid Rigi () (also spelt Abdul hamid Rigi or Abdulhamid Rigi ) (c. 1979 May 24, 2010) was the elder brother of the detained leader of Jundallah, Abdolmalek Rigi.

Security forces surrounded the houses and reportedly forced all family members into one room, while the arrested person was beaten up and insulted by the soldiers before being taken away.

On the second issue, she had received several allegations of situations where the right of freedom of religion or belief of detained persons had been violated, or where the religion of detained persons had been used for purposes of ill treatment.

Bloggers in Syria are running an online campaign to raise awareness about the case of the 23 years old Syrian blogger, Tarek Baiasi, who has been arrested since July 7th, 2007 for critical comments he posted on a deemed sensitive website.

Moath is the son of Reema al Jourish, who has been known for her very active role in opposing the arbitrary imprisonment of her husband, Abdullah al Hamili, who has been imprisoned for 10 years without a court ruling.

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The account is now managed by a supporter, who tweets updates on Al Ahmad, his imprisonment conditions and how his elderly mother, who is sick with cancer, is faring.

How Putin, an astute politician, responds to that pressure will determine his political legacy.

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