http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2039/2046/2054/2060/1848 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/074/2009/en British national Akmal Shaikh has exhausted all his appeals against his drug-smuggling conviction. According to the UK Foreign Office, he is scheduled to be executed on 29 December 2009. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA41/012/2009/en Human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh has been charged with attempting to overthrow the state. For this, he could face the death penalty. Two others are facing the same charge. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/lithuania-admits-existence-secret-prison-20091222 A Lithuanian parliamentary committee has concluded that a CIA secret prisonoperated in Lithuania during the US-led “war on terror”. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA41/011/2009/en Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed on one side. The prison authorities are not providing him with adequate medical care, and his health is in danger. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR25/011/2009/en Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/022/2009/en Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger. A prominent critic of the Tunisian government, he was sentenced on 26 November 2009 to six months' imprisonment, after an unfair trial. Amnest Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/impunity-and-injustice-are-legacy-deadly-july-riots-mongolia-20091218 The Government of Mongolia has failed to effectively respond to humanrights abuses that took place during the July 2008 riot in Ulaanbaatar. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/sahrawi-human-rights-activist-returns-home-after-hunger-strike-2009121 Aminatou Haidar, a Sahrawi activist who has spent the pastmonth on hunger strike, has returned home and beenreunited with her children. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International 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