http://www.amnesty.org/en/adv_search/feed/library Download Documents from Amnesty International Library Search Results en http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/niger-executions-and-forced-disappearances-follow-army-reprisals-2008040 Amnesty International is very concerned at the new wave of extrajudicial executions committed by the Niger army in the Agadez region, which for more than a year has be Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR43/003/2008/en Newspaper editor Ibrahim Manzo Diallo was provisionally released on 6 February, by the appeal court in eastern town of Zinder. He had been detained for more than four months without trial for alleged links with Tuareg rebels Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/niger-extrajudicial-executions-and-population-displacement-north-country Over the past four weeks, at least thirteen civilians have been unlawfully killed by the Niger security forces in the north of the country. Some, if not all, of them w Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR43/004/2007/en On 31 October 2007, newspaper editor Ibrahim Manzo Diallo was formally charged with criminal association as he is accused of links with the Mouvement des Nig riens pour la justice, an armed opposition movement formed of members of the Tuareg ethnic community. Amnesty International considers him to be a pri Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR43/003/2007/en Newspaper editor Ibrahim Manzo Diallo is reportedly held incommunicado by the military at an unknown location, and is at risk of torture and ill-treatment. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his peaceful and legitimate activities as a journalist. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR43/002/2007/en Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR43/001/2007/en Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/POL30/008/2007/en Freedom of expression is enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A free press is an essential component of freedom of expression and is equally important as a key player in the protection of all human rights. All of society pays the price when journalists are killed with impunit Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR43/002/2006/en Journalists Mamane Abou and Oumarou Keita, sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment on 1 September 2006 for spreading false news and defaming the state, have lost their appeal against their sentence. On 25 September, the Court of Appeal of Niamey, capital of Niger, threw out the objections submitted by lawyers Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR43/001/2006/en Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of two journalists in Niger, who were sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment on 1 September 2006 for spreading false news and defaming the state. Amnesty International considers journalist Oumarou Keita and publisher Mamane Abou from the weekly newspap Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International