http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2042/2045/1842 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/sarajevo-queer-festival-organizers-still-under-threat-20081001 The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights activists and theparticipants of the Sarajevo Queer Festival continue to receive deaththreats. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS22/002/2008/en 1) Japan: Forty years on death row 2) Nigeria: Indefinite detention 3) Saudi Arabia: Executions and floggings may be imminent 4) Turkey: Activist in police shooting 5) USA: Prisoners' wives refused visits Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE12/022/2008/en Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR01/015/2008/en Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/eight-injured-sarajevo-queer-festival-attacked-20080926 Several people were attacked at the end of the first day of the Sarajevo Queer Festival on Wednesday. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/003/2008/en Indigenous community leader Rang Lai Mro, who is serving a jail sentence imposed after an unfair trial, is being refused medical treatment for a serious heart condition. He is the head of a community of indigenous Mro people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in the south-east of the country, and is held i Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA35/007/2008/en An activist for indigenous people's rights, James Balao, is believed to have been subjected to enforced disappearance. He set out by car from his home in Baguio City on 17 September 2008 to visit his family in the town of La Trinidad, a 30-minute drive. He sent them an SMS message to say he was on his way, b Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR49/013/2008/en On 11 August, Emanuel Zeltser was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for industrial espionage and having used forged documents. He has been granted a hearing on 26 September to appeal against the sentence. The US embassy in Minsk requested permission to attend the appeal hearing at the Supreme Court bu Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/142/2008/en Eight student activists have been detained during a series of arrests which began in July 2008. According to the Vancouver-based Association for the Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners (ADAPP), their families have been denied access to them, though some have had irregular contact by telephone. None ha Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR59/008/2008/en On 17 September 2008, Oundo George and Kiiza Brenda, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) human rights defenders, were released after a week in police detention at Nabweru Police Post. They were released on bond, after being charged for ‘involvement in indecent practices’. They are required to r Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International