http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2049/2051/1842 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/ASA41/011/2009/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/news/c%C3%B4te-d%E2%80%99ivoire-must-stop-attempt-defraud-toxic-waste-dump-victims-20091218 An attempt to defraud victims of the Trafigura toxic waste dumpdisaster out of $45 million must be stopped, Amnesty International saidon Friday in an open letter. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT84/022/2009/en Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE21/005/2009/en Saed Yassin, a male Palestinian human rights defender, has been detained without proper judicial process by the Palestinian Authority in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He is being denied medical care even though he is suffering from a painful and undiagnosed condition. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR50/007/2009/en On 10 December, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Belarusian citizen Igor Koktysh, a male social activist, supporter of the Belarusian opposition and musician, should not be extradited to Belarus. The Ukrainian authorities have not yet indicated whether and when they will comply with this judgeme Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA41/010/2009/en Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature/women-on-the-frontline-for-human-rights-20091210 To mark World Human Rights Day, Amnesty International spoke to threewomen who put their lives on the line in defence of human rights. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA36/007/2009/en Yong Vui Kong has received a stay of execution, after lawyers argued that his earlier withdrawal of an appeal was void due to his poor mental health. His appeal will now be heard by the Court of Appeal early in 2010: if it is unsuccessful, he may then be executed. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International