http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2044 Download Documents from Amnesty International en 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/AMR34/020/2008/en Three volunteers for the Guatemalan YMCA, who were working with youths at risk of joining gangs, were killed near the town of Amatitlán, south of Guatemala City, on 10 August. The 15 remaining YMCA members working in the same programme are now in grave danger. 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 by security forces at the airport in the capital, Sana’a. He is being held by the National Security forces (al- Amn al-Qawmi) at the Criminal investigation prison in Sana’a, where he is at risk of torture and other ill-treat Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR56/005/2008/en The lives of civilians in the disputed region of South Ossetia and in Georgia are at risk. Heavy civilian casualties have been reported as a result of fighting between Georgian and Russian forces which has escalated over the past few days. Although reports of civilian dead and wounded vary, with numbers and Mon, 11 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/news-and-updates/news/mexican-national-executed-in-texas-20080807 José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA’s internationallegal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to bestopped. Thu, 07 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 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/106/2008/en Kurdish human rights activist Saman Rasoulpour was arrested on 25 July 2008 at his home in the city of Mahabad, in West Azerbaijan province, and is in danger of torture. He is a senior member of an organisation that campaigns for better treatment of Iran's Kurdish minority, the Human Rights Organisation of K Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/021/2008/en Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International