http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2060 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/130/2009/en Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, two Iranian female converts to Christianity, were released from Evin Prison on 18 November 2009. Both have been acquitted of “acting against state security” but continue to face other charges relating to their conversion. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/sahrawi-activist-hunger-strike-lanzarote-airport-admitted-hospital-20091217 Aminatou Haidar has been on hunger strike since 15 November after she was expelled from Western Sahara by the Moroccan authorities. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE21/005/2009/en Saed Yassin, a male Palestinian human rights defender, has been detained without proper judicial process by the Palestinian Authority in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He is being denied medical care even though he is suffering from a painful and undiagnosed condition. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR53/008/2009/en Human rights defender Mijail Martínez was shot dead on 26 November in Venezuela. He was working on a documentary film that featured the stories of people who have suffered human rights violations at the hands of police officers. There are concerns for the safety of his family and of his colleagues. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/saudi-arabia-must-not-flog-75-year-old-woman-20091215 Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi and two younger men, face up to 40 lashes and imprisonment for being in the company of members of the opposite sex who are not close relatives. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/honduras-must-launch-full-investigation-death-human-rights-campaigner-20091215 Walter Trochez was shot in the chest by a drive-by gunman on Sunday night while walking home through the centre of Tegucigalpa. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/007/2009/en Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE23/037/2009/en According to a report in the al-Riyadh newspaper, the Saudi Arabian Minister of Interior has ordered that sentences of flogging and imprisonment imposed on a 75-year-old Syrian woman and two Saudi Arabian men be carried out. Flogging violates the absolute prohibition against torture and other ill-treatment; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA21/023/2009/en Amnesty International has received consistent reports of police committing a series of human rights violations including torture, ill-treatment and at times unlawful killings. However, police officers are rarely held to account for their actions. To date, no independent, impartial investigation has taken pla Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR46/028/2009/en A court has rejected Alexei Sokolov’s appeal and extended his pre-trial detention until 25 December 2009. He appears to have been detained solely for his peaceful human rights activities, and is unlikely to receive a fair trial. He is still at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International