http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2034/2041/1898 Download Documents from Amnesty International en 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/library/info/AFR44/037/2009/en Hundreds of people die at the hands of the Nigeria Police Force every year. Many are unlawfully killed in the streets, at roadblocks, in police detention, and before or during arrest. In this document, the summary of a larger report, Amnesty International calls for legislation to be amended; for proper provi Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/mexican-civilian-authorities-must-investigate-pattern-serious-abuses-mili New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out duringmilitary operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels inMexico has been unveiled in an AmnestyInternational report. 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/ASA43/002/2009/en Solomon Islands has not provided universal jurisdiction over genocide nor has it defined crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture, extrajudicial executions or enforced disappearances as crimes under national law. Therefore, Solomon Islands is currently a safe haven from prosecution in its courts, and fro Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA26/004/2009/en Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/008/2009/en Amnesty International’s Write for Rights action takes place every year on and around International Human Rights Day on 10 December. Each year, people around the world come together to demand that the rights of individuals are respected, protected and fulfilled and to show solidarity with people who suffer Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR23/023/2009/en Members of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in Colombia have been the focus of suspicion and hostility from all parties to the armed conflict since the Community’s formation in 1997. More than 170 have been killed since then, mostly at the hands of paramilitaries, either acting alone or with t Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA33/012/2009/en Aakash Mallah, Vice Chairman of the Sindh nationalist party Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), and JSQM activist Noor Mohammad Khaskheli, were abducted on 30 October 2009, in Sindh province, south-eastern Pakistan. Local sources believe the two men were subjected to enforced disappearances by government security Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International