http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2075/2059/1816/2011 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR34/010/2009/es Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/disappearances-treaty-edges-closer-entering-force-20091215 A landmark treaty on enforced disappearances has moved a step closer toentering into force after being ratified by two more countries. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR34/010/2009/en Killings by members of the police, or by clandestine groups in which former or serving members of the police are believed to be involved, continue to be reported in Guatemala. The circumstances surrounding some of the deaths suggest that they may have been extrajudicial executions. Illustrated by the case st 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/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/news-and-updates/news/ukraine-must-comply-court-ruling-belarusian-rock-musician-20091211 A European Court of Human Rights ruling has called for the release of Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh, detained in Ukraine since 2007, pending extradition to Belarus. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/020/2009/en Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature/women-on-the-frontline-for-human-rights-20091210 To mark World Human Rights Day, Amnesty International spoke to threewomen who put their lives on the line in defence of human rights. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/morocco-must-allow-human-rights-activist-aminatou-haidar-return-home Aminatou Haidar has been on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport since 15 November, after Moroccan authorities confiscated her passport and expelled her from the country. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/123/2009/en During the widespread unrest that followed the contested election result in June 2009, thousands of people were arbitrarily arrested, dozens were killed on the streets or died in detention, and many said they were tortured or otherwise ill-treated. This report includes cases and moving testimonies of individ Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International