http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2037/2045/2047/1979 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/report/nigerian-police-039kill-will039-20091209 Amnesty International has exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria in a new report. 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/library/info/MDE30/019/2009/en Former political prisoner Lotfi Dassi was arrested by security forces in Tunisia on 23 November, apparently in relation to his activities to secure financial aid for families affected by floods in the town of Redeyef. The authorities have not acknowledged that they are holding him. He may have been subjected 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/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/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/MDE23/036/2009/en A Lebanese national has been sentenced to death for "sorcery" by a court in Saudi Arabia, and could be executed at any time if his sentence is upheld by the Supreme Court. Another man has been sentenced to death for "apostasy" on grounds relating to "sorcery." Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/nepal-major-accused-torturing-girl-death-must-be-arrested-20091208 The Nepali government must immediatelypursue the arrest of an army major expelled last week from a UN peacekeepingmission in Chad when it emerged he has been accused of torturing a 15-year-oldNepalese girl to death, Amnesty International said today.  Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International