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/MDE22/001/2009/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 expresses concerns about human rights violations in the context of the death penalty, restrictions on the rig Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE01/001/2009/en In the Middle East and North Africa region, human rights defenders are all too often vilified, persecuted and even criminalized for their peaceful activities. This report describes many of their individual experiences, their triumphs as well as their setbacks. It shows that their efforts are helping to bring Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/qatar Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR41/012/2007/en On 17 May 2007, UN Member States will elect 14 members of the UN Human Rights Council. Amnesty International is providing in this document a brief review of the current human rights situation and an overview of the candidates' record of ratification and cooperation with the treaty bodies and Special Procedur Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE22/003/2006/en Hamda Fahad Jassem Al-Thani safely returned to her husband in Egypt on 17 October. On 10 June, Hamda Fahad Jassem Al-Thani, a member of Qatar's ruling family, sought to escape from her family home, where she had been forcibly confined against her will since November 2003. However, she sustained an injury to Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE22/002/2006/en This briefing contains comments by AI on the compliance by Qatar with its obligations under the United Nations Convention against Torture. AI is concerned that further action by the government of Qatar is required in order to bring both law and practice as regards the prohibition of torture into conformity w Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE22/001/2006/en Hamda Fahad Jassem Al-Thani continues to be forcibly confined to a room in her family's home in the capital, Doha. Amnesty International received a plea for help from her in December 2005. Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE22/003/2005/en Shaikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Hamad al-Thani was granted a royal pardon and released in September. One of the 18 men sentenced to death with him, Bakhit Marzouq al-Abdallah, is now known to have been granted a royal pardon and released in January 2005. Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE22/004/2005/en 17 men, all Katari nationals (Fahd 'Abdullah al-Maliki, Salim Mubarak Dahham, Mohammed 'Ali al-Muhannadi, Ibrahim Sa'ad Ismael, Khashan Salim al-Karabi, Hamad 'Ali Jahman, 'Abdul Hadi Rashid al-Shafia'a, 'Abdul Hadi Jabir al-Rakib, Rashid 'Ali al-'Arak, Jabir Salih al-Jallab, Jabir 'Ali Anan, Hamad Mohammed Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/027/2005/en An estimated 90 million migrants live and work outside their country of birth, many of them having left in search of security and a sustainable livelihood. Many economies have come to rely on migrants who are prepared to work in what are often referred to as "3-D jobs" - dirty, degrading and dangerous with Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International