http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2049/1823 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/blog-my-husbands-place-not-prison-20091209 Blog written for Amnesty International by Shaimaa, the wife of human rights defender Musaad Suliman Hassan Hussei. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR44/038/2009/en Hundreds of people are unlawfully killed by the police in Nigeria every year. Some people die because they fail to pay police officers a bribe. Others are killed because the police use excessive force during arrest or are killed by police officers in extrajudicial executions. Once in custody and away from th Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/russia-must-stop-persecution-rights-activists-20091208 The Russian authorities must stop persecuting human rights activistsand instead channel their efforts into investigating those responsiblefor their murders. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE24/036/2009/en Ahmed Mustafa Ben-Mohammed, usually known by his pen name of Pir Rostom, a male Syrian political activist, is being held incommunicado at an unknown location. He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/058/2009/en Amnesty International is receiving increasing allegations of serious human rights violations, such as enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment, and arbitrary detention, being committed by members of the Mexican military. The cases documente Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR23/030/2009/en Human rights lawyer Jorge Molano is involved in a high-profile prosecution of a former army officer. He is being followed, and he and his family are in grave danger. Because of his high-profile work and previous threats to his safety, Jorge Molano receives some protection from the Ministry of Interior's Prot Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR50/006/2009/en Igor Koktysh, a male social activist, supporter of the Belarusian opposition and musician, has suffered a serious asthma attack in prison in Ukraine. The prison did not provide him with the medication that he needs. He is a prisoner of conscience, and his wife is concerned that his life could be in danger if Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/nicaragua-must-investigate-violent-attacks-against-human-rights-activist-20091207 Leonor Martínez has been subjected to violence and received death threats for her work with a civil society group. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR25/010/2009/es Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR25/010/2009/sk Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International