http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2056/1961/1974/1969 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/011/2009/en Major Niranjan Basnet of the Nepal Army was charged by a civilian court in 2008 with the murder of a 15-year-old girl. He was recently found to be serving in a UN peacekeeping mission in Africa; the UN have now expelled him from the mission, and have instructed the government of Nepal to repatriate him. It i Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/blog-my-son-law-prisoner-conscience-20091209 Blog written by Talib Yakubov, the father-in-law of prisoner of conscience Azam Farmonov. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/005/2009/en Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/russia-must-stop-persecution-rights-activists-20091208 The Russian authorities must stop persecuting human rights activistsand instead channel their efforts into investigating those responsiblefor their murders. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA43/002/2009/en Solomon Islands has not provided universal jurisdiction over genocide nor has it defined crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture, extrajudicial executions or enforced disappearances as crimes under national law. Therefore, Solomon Islands is currently a safe haven from prosecution in its courts, and fro Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR62/004/2009/en Azam Farmonov and Alisher Karamatov are prisoners of conscience, detained on 29 April 2006 as they defended the rights of local farmers who had accused district farming officials of malpractice, extortion and corruption. The two men were allegedly tortured, charged with extortion and subjected to an unfair t Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/026/2009/sk Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/008/2009/en Amnesty International’s Write for Rights action takes place every year on and around International Human Rights Day on 10 December. Each year, people around the world come together to demand that the rights of individuals are respected, protected and fulfilled and to show solidarity with people who suffer Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR25/010/2009/es Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/026/2009/en Palestinian families living in Humsa and Hadidiya hamlets in the Jordan Valley region of the West Bank, part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, face a daily threat of forcible eviction from their homes by the Israeli army. Their movement is restricted and they are denied access to the water and land th Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International