http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2039/2058/1908 Download Documents from Amnesty International en 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/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/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/MDE13/126/2009/en The execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, a 21-year-old man, has been scheduled in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran, on 9 December 2009. He has been sentenced to death for a crime he allegedly committed while under the age of 18. This is the fourth time his execution has been scheduled and only the Head of th Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE23/035/2009/en A 22-year-old man, Muhammad Basheer bin Sa'oud al-Ramaly al-Shammari, was beheaded in the Saudi Arabian city of Hail on 7 December 2009. His body was later crucified. Crucifixions in Saudi Arabia take place after the beheading; the body along with the separated head are placed on a pole in a public square to Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR62/004/2009/en Azam Farmonov and Alisher Karamatov are prisoners of conscience, detained on 29 April 2006 as they defended the rights of local farmers who had accused district farming officials of malpractice, extortion and corruption. The two men were allegedly tortured, charged with extortion and subjected to an unfair t Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR62/004/2009/es Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR24/011/2009/en Five former members of the opposition Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea, PGGE (Partido del Progreso de Guinea Ecuatorial) have been held incommunicado for more than a year in Black Beach prison in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in conditions that may amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Amnesty In Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA23/022/2009/en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA36/005/2009/en Yong Vui Kong received a stay of execution on 3 December 2009, but is now scheduled for execution on 11 December. His appeal will be heard by the Court of Appeals on 8 December. His lawyer has appealed on the grounds that the mandatory death sentence for drug-trafficking is unconstitutional. The President of Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International