http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1916 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA11/007/2008/en The International Conference in Support of Afghanistan will bring together high level representatives from some 80 countries and organizations involved in rebuilding Afghanistan since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. Amnesty International urges the representatives gathered at the Paris conference to deliver Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/afghanistan-no-more-empty-promises-paris-20080611 The international community and the Afghan government have not met their pledge to provide the Afghan people, particularly women and girls, with better security, more responsive governance, and sustainable economic development, Amnesty International said today in a briefing paper issued ahead of the Internat Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA11/006/2008/en Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT53/003/2008/en 1) Liberia: Death penalty for armed robbery debated in the Senate 2) Cuba: President will commute death sentences 3) Guatemala: Bill allowing resumption of execution fails 4) US Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality of lethal injection ends unofficial moratorium on executions 5) US (North Carolina): Two Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA11/005/2008/en The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has upheld around 100 death sentences issued by lower courts against individuals convicted of crimes including murder, rape, kidnapping and armed robbery. The sentences require the approval of President Karzai before executions can be carried out. Amnesty International fear Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/033/2008/en Sanad al-Kazimi is a Yemeni national who has been held without charge or trial in Guantánamo Bay in Cuba for the past three and a half years. In total, he has been detained without charge or trial for nearly five and a half years. One of the things this case sheet calls for is for Sanad al-Kazimi to be rele Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/afghanistan-arms-fuel-further-abuse-20080403 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA11/004/2008/en Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/013/2008/en Khaled Abdu Ahmed Saleh al-Maqtari's story illustrates the global reach of the USA's secret detention network and provides chilling allegations of the deliberate and persistent use of torture and other ill-treatment. This 31-year-old Yemeni has never been charged with any crime yet spent nearly three years i Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA11/003/2008/en Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International