http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/1824 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/006/2008/en Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE24/026/2008/en Political activist Mesha'l al-Tammo, who is a member of Syria’s Kurdish minority, has not been seen since the early hours of 15 August 2008, when he set off from the northern city of 'Ein al-'Arab (known in Kurdish as Qobani). He is believed to have been detained by Syrian security police and to be at risk Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/119/2008/en Mahboubeh Karami was charged within the past week with "acting against national security," and the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad has scheduled her next hearing for 1 November, according to her lawyer. She has been held in Evin Prison in Tehran since 13 June. Amnesty International believes the charge is fals Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/116/2008/en Kurdish women's rights activist Zeynab Bayzeydi has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment, and internal exile to the Turkish-speaking city of Zanjan, 246 km from her home, by Mahabad Revolutionary Court. Her family learned of this on 10 August 2008 when they went to the court to find out how her trial h Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE31/005/2008/en Dr Mohamed al-Saqaf was released on 13 August 2008, on the condition that he reports to the authorities whenever required to do so. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR34/018/2008/en Amilcar de Jesús Pop Ac has been threatened with death at gunpoint by masked men, apparently in connection with his work as President of the Mayan Lawyers’ Association (Asociación de Abogados Mayas). His life is at risk. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE31/004/2008/en Dr Mohamed al-Saqaf, a lawyer and university lecturer, was arrested on 11 August 2008 by security forces at the airport in the capital, Sana’a. He is being held at the Criminal investigation prison in Sana’a, where he is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He may be a prisoner of conscience, held Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/110/2008/en Ya’qoub Mehrnehad, a Baluchi cultural and civil rights activist, was executed on 4 August 2008 after his death sentence was approved by Iran’s prosecutor-general. Ya’qoub Mehrnehad was sentenced to death in February 2008 after an unfair trial. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/007/2008/en Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/107/2008/en Women's rights activist Zeynab Bayzeydi was arrested on 9 July 2008, after the police ordered her to present herself for interrogation at a police station in the city of Mahabad, in the western province of Kordestan. She is in danger of torture or other ill-treatment. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International