http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2028 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/video-and-audio/video-abu-omar-victim-rendition-secret-detention-20080624 Abu Omar was rendered by US agents, via Germany, to Egypt, where he was heldfor nearly four years, including 14 months in secret detention. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR64/003/2008/en The Egyptian authorities organised a mass forcible return of Eritreans from Egypt to Eritrea starting on 11 June 2008. Amnesty International believes that up to 820 asylum-seekers are now in Eritrea and are at grave risk of arbitrary arrest, incommunicado detention, torture or other forms of ill-treatment. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE12/014/2008/en Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE12/013/2008/en A further 490 Eritrean asylum-seekers have been deported to Massawa in Eritrea, and hundreds more are apparently detained at Central Security Forces camp in Shallal, south of Aswan. The camp has served as a gathering point for asylum-seekers before they are taken to Aswan airport. On 12 June 2008, a security Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE14/011/2008/en The displacement crisis caused by the US-led invasion of Iraq and the subsequent internal armed conflict has reached shocking proportions. Millions of people at risk have fled their homes and most are now struggling to survive. The crisis for Iraq’s refugees and internally displaced is one of tragic propor Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/egypt-must-stop-flights-to-torture-in-eritrea-20080613 Reports indicate that the Egyptian authorities have deported some 700Eritrean asylum-seekers to Massawa in Eritrea, on special daily EgyptAir flights from Aswan International airport since 11 June. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE12/011/2008/en The Egyptian authorities forcibly returned a group of around 200 asylum-seekers to Eritrea in the night of 11 June 2008, and are preparing to forcibly return a further 1,400. In Eritrea they will be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Egy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE12/009/2008/en Since October 2007 Egyptian police have launched a series of arrests in Cairo of people they suspect are HIV-positive. As a result, 12 men have so far been subjected to criminal prosecution. The nine convicted men are now serving their sentences in prison; three others have been released without charge. Amne Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE12/008/2008/en Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/egypt-sentences-against-muslim-brothers-perversion-justice-20080415 “The prison sentences handed down by an Egyptian military court against 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood are a perversion of justice,” Amnesty International said today. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International