Recent publications
- Palestinian Authority: Human rights defender denied medical care
Saed Yassin, a male Palestinian human rights defender, has been detained without proper judicial process by the Palestinian Authority in the Occupied Palestinian ...
16 Dec 2009 Urgent Action MDE 21/005/2009
- Venezuela: Fears for family and colleagues after killing
Human rights defender Mijail Martínez was shot dead on 26 November in Venezuela. He was working on a documentary film that featured the stories of people who have ...
16 Dec 2009 Urgent Action AMR 53/008/2009
- Guatemala: Implicación de la policía en homicidios en Guatemala.
Guatemala: Implicación de la policía en homicidios en Guatemala.
15 Dec 2009 Report AMR 34/010/2009
- Venezuela: Family at risk after killing
The lives of Oscar Barrios' family are in danger. He and his family have been subjected to a campaign of intimidation from police officers in northern Venezuela ...
15 Dec 2009 Urgent Action AMR 53/007/2009
- Guatemala: Police involvement in killings in Guatemala
Killings by members of the police, or by clandestine groups in which former or serving members of the police are believed to be involved, continue to be reported ...
15 Dec 2009 Report AMR 34/010/2009
- Libya: Guarantee rights of Swiss nationals caught-up in diplomatic ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 19/007/2009. 15 December 2009. Libya: Guarantee rights of Swiss nationals caught-up in diplomatic dispute ...
15 Dec 2009 Document MDE 19/007/2009
- China: Risk of torture for 17-year old in China
Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz, a 17-year old boy, has been held incommunicado since 27 July in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western ...
15 Dec 2009 Urgent Action ASA 17/071/2009
- Cambodia: Open letter on Uighur asylum seekers in Cambodia
15 Dec 2009 Document ASA 23/023/2009
- Turkey: Constitutional Court rules in favour of closure of pro ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 44/007/2009. 14 December 2009. Turkey: Constitutional Court rules in favour of ...
14 Dec 2009 Document EUR 44/007/2009
- Saudi Arabia: Further information: Flogging of elderly woman may ...
According to a report in the al-Riyadh newspaper, the Saudi Arabian Minister of Interior has ordered that sentences of flogging and imprisonment imposed on a 75 ...
14 Dec 2009 Urgent Action MDE 23/037/2009