http://www.amnesty.org/en/adv_search/feed/library Download Documents from Amnesty International Library Search Results en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR55/006/2009/en Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR53/008/2009/en In this document Amnesty International expresses its concern about a range of human rights concerns to the new government in South Africa. The first recommendations are about promoting and protecting the rights of women, who are particularly affected by poverty, gender-based violence and the HIV epidemic. Ot Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR55/004/2009/en The Suppression of Terrorism Act (STA), which was signed into law in August 2008, gravely threatens freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, rights which were already compromised under Swaziland’s legal system. The new law’s sweeping and imprecise provisions render a wide range of organi Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR55/001/2009/en Amnesty International and the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association are gravely concerned that certain provisions in the Suppression of Terrorism Act No.3 of 2008 (the STA) threaten human rights, are inherently repressive, breach Swaziland’s obligations under international and regiona Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR55/002/2009/en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/swaziland Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/006/2006/en 1) Sudan's Janjawid militia attack Chadian civilians 2) New allegations of torture in Jordan 3) Living with HIV and AIDS in Swaziland 4) Sexual violence against women and girls in Jamaica 5) Japan's secret executions 6) Worldwide appeals: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Six men unlawfully detained by the USA in Guan Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR55/003/2006/en Amnesty International welcomes particular aspects of the proposed new legislation, but wishes to note several immediate concerns, namely: the Bill includes 14 proposed offences which will be punishable by the death penalty; it substantially removes judicial discretion in sentencing; it criminalises sexual ac Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR55/001/2006/en Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR41/002/2005/en In this document Amnesty International focuses on four of the 12 Critical Areas of Concern of the Platform for Action: Violence against women, Women and armed conflict, Women and health, and Women's human rights. Within each of these areas, AI highlights specific situations where women's human right Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International