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/EUR57/003/2009/en A female prisoner in Kazakstan, Inessa Karkhu, is not receiving essential medical treatment for glaucoma, a disease that progressively damages vision. If she is not treated immediately, she could end up losing her sight. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR57/002/2009/en Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR57/001/2009/en In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review. Amnesty International raises concerns about legal developments relating to judicial review of the decision to detain a person. The org Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR01/001/2008/en This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between July and December 2007. Not every country in the region is reported on; only those where there were significant developments in the period covered by the bulletin, or where Amnesty Internationa Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR57/001/2008/en Amnesty International remains concerned that despite efforts by the authorities of Kazakstan to fulfil their obligations under the CAT and implement recommendations made by the Committee in 2001 torture and other ill-treatment remain widespread and such acts continue to be committed with virtual impunity. Th Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT50/002/2008/en In 2007 the world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of the capital punishment. A historical landmark is the resolution on a moratorium on executions endorsed by the United Nations. By the end of the 2007, 91 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. The death penalty has no Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR04/001/2008/en Amnesty International remains concerned that despite professed efforts by the governments in Central Asia to fulfil their human rights obligations and actual efforts by some states to remedy the worst abuses, grave human rights violations routinely continue to be committed with virtual impunity. This summary Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR04/002/2007/en A resolution calling on a global moratorium on executions will be introduced at the UNGA 62nd session which begins on 18 September 2007. Endorsement by the UNGA of a global moratorium on executions would be a significant milestone towards achieving the goal of a death penalty-free world. Countries from many Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT53/001/2007/en 1.) Execution rate falls in 2006 as pressure grows for a universal moratorium; 2.) Rwanda abolishes the death penalty; 3.) Stop press: Abolitionist and retentionist countries as of 1 October 2007; 4.) Kyrgyzstan abolishes death penalty in law; 5.) Kazakhstan reduces scope of death penalty; 6.) New legislativ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/kazakstan Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International