http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2042/2058/2060/1842 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR13/002/2010/en A 15-year-old girl, who is pregnant after being raped by her step-father, was denied an abortion by hospital authorities in the southern Argentinian province of Chubut in February. On 12 March, a judge also rejected her abortion request. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/tunisian-government-must-end-harassment-former-political-prisoners-2010-03-15 Amnesty International has called on the Tunisian President to end the daily harassment of former political prisoners ahead of the country's national independence day. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/032/2010/en Student leader Milad Asadi has been detained without charge in Evin Prison, Tehran, since 1 December 2009. Amnesty International believes he is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of his rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly. He is at risk of torture or other Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE24/005/2010/en ‘Abed al-Hafith ‘Abed al-Rahman, a 44-year-old Syrian Kurdish human rights activist, has been held incommunicado since he was detained by members of Military Intelligence on 2 March 2010. He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/021/2010/en Obtilia Eugenio Manuel, a Mexican human rights defender who leads an Indigenous People's Organisation, received a written death threat on 6 March. Her life is in danger. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA20/007/2010/en Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/003/2010/en Political prisoners freed from Tunisia’s jails are far from free. From the day of their release, they face stifling and arbitrary measures. Some are rearrested and re-imprisoned for no reason other than because they expressed their rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly or movement. Others Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/007/2010/en Women have a greater lifetime risk of dying in pregnancy-related causes in the USA than in 40 other countries. For women of colour the risks are especially high. Despite the huge sums of money spent on the health care system, women continue to face a range of obstacles in obtaining the services they need. Th Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/egyptian-man-executed-amid-questions-over-murder-conviction-2010-03-12 An Egyptian man, who may have been wrongfully convicted of murder, was hanged in Cairo on Wednesday morning, Amnesty International has learned. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/029/2010/en Women’s rights activist Mahboubeh Karami has been detained in Evin prison in Iran's capital, Tehran, since 2 March. Amnesty International believes she is a prisoner of conscience, held because she campaigns for human rights. She is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International