http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2054/2057/2058/1855 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR25/003/2008/en Gorki Águila was released on 29 August after a trial before a Municipal court in Havana. He was cleared of charges of “dangerousness” (peligrosidad), but found guilty of the lesser offence of civil disobedience. He was sentenced to pay a fine of 600 Cuban pesos (US$27). Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA35/003/2008/en At least 200 political killings and over 200 enforced disappearances have reportedly occurred in the Philippines since 2001. Few effective investigations have been conducted and the arrest, prosecution and conviction of those responsible are rare. Many cases are never brought to court due to a lack of eviden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/the-need-for-comprehensive-justice-across-the-former-yugoslavia-20080829 The trial of Radovan Karadzic resumes today in The Hague. But are a small number of high profile trials enough to healthe wounds caused by the horrific violations of human rights committedby all sides to the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/25-years-remembering-the-disappeared-20080829 Since the International Day of the Disappeared was started in 1983, the government practice of kidnapping, abducting or detaining people andholding them in secret has continued and spread as more countriesaccept and justify this crime. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/life-sentences-for-argentinean-military-officers-20080829 Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/interview-with-a-survivor-of-the-bosnia-and-herzegovina-conflict-20080829 Nidzara Ahmetasevic talks about how she was wounded in the leg, about the Karadzic trial and about her hopes and dreams for the future of her country. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR59/005/2008/en Amnesty International has a number of serious concerns about the Regulation of Interception of Communications (RIC) Bill, published on 25 May 2007 and due to be submitted for debate in Parliament. Amnesty International’s concerns in this memorandum focus primarily on the proposed legislation’s incompatib Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR25/001/2008/en A Cuban musician who is an outspoken critic of the Cuban government has been arrested and faces up to four years in prison. Amnesty International is concerned that Gorki Águila may have been arrested solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression and may not receive a fair trial. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR05/001/2008/en This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in the Balkans between July and December 2007. A number of individual country reports have been issued on the concerns featured in this bulletin. References to these are made under the relevant country entry. In addition, more d Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA20/018/2008/en The murder of a prominent Hindu nationalist leader has been used by his supporters to justify violent attacks on the Christian minority in the Kandhamal district of the eastern state of Orissa. At least 10 people have been killed so far, and the violence is continuing, putting many others in danger. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International