http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2041/2052/2055/2057/1894 Download Documents from Amnesty International en 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/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/news/iranian-must-release-student-pictured-039dressed-woman039-20091218 Amnesty International has called for the release of an Iranian studentleader whose arrest and detention have inspired men to cover their hairin an online solidarity photo campaign. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/nepal-must-bar-human-rights-violators-un-peacekeeping-missions-20091218 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/131/2009/en Student leader Majid Tavakkoli was arrested on 7 December 2009 after a demonstration. His whereabouts are unknown and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Amnesty International considers that he is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of express 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/news/lithuania-secret-prison-inquiry-must-set-an-example-20091217 The government and President Dalia Grybauskaite have been urged to ensure that next week's report into allegations that the CIA operated a 'black site' in Lithuanian is thorough,independent, and impartial. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International