http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2045/1889 Download Documents from Amnesty International en 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 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/071/2009/en Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz, a 17-year old boy, has been held incommunicado since 27 July in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and his family fear for his life. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/trial-kurds-syria-likely-parody-justice-20091215 The trial of five men accused of belonging to an unauthorized political party resumes at the Supreme State Security Court this week. The court does not operate in accordance with international standards of fair trial. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/honduras-must-launch-full-investigation-death-human-rights-campaigner-20091215 Walter Trochez was shot in the chest by a drive-by gunman on Sunday night while walking home through the centre of Tegucigalpa. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/turkey-criticized-closing-pro-kurdish-political-party-20091214 Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Democratic Society Party has been closed and 37 of its members have been banned from politics for five years. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE23/037/2009/en According to a report in the al-Riyadh newspaper, the Saudi Arabian Minister of Interior has ordered that sentences of flogging and imprisonment imposed on a 75-year-old Syrian woman and two Saudi Arabian men be carried out. Flogging violates the absolute prohibition against torture and other ill-treatment; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA21/023/2009/en Amnesty International has received consistent reports of police committing a series of human rights violations including torture, ill-treatment and at times unlawful killings. However, police officers are rarely held to account for their actions. To date, no independent, impartial investigation has taken pla Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR46/028/2009/en A court has rejected Alexei Sokolov’s appeal and extended his pre-trial detention until 25 December 2009. He appears to have been detained solely for his peaceful human rights activities, and is unlikely to receive a fair trial. He is still at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE24/037/2009/en Journalist Ma’an ‘Aqel was arrested on 22 November in the Syrian capital, Damascus. He is now held incommunicado, putting him at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International