http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2058 Download Documents from Amnesty International en 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/EUR62/004/2009/es Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR24/011/2009/en Five former members of the opposition Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea, PGGE (Partido del Progreso de Guinea Ecuatorial) have been held incommunicado for more than a year in Black Beach prison in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in conditions that may amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Amnesty In Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA36/005/2009/en Yong Vui Kong received a stay of execution on 3 December 2009, but is now scheduled for execution on 11 December. His appeal will be heard by the Court of Appeals on 8 December. His lawyer has appealed on the grounds that the mandatory death sentence for drug-trafficking is unconstitutional. The President of Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/068/2009/en Human rights lawyer Wang Yonghang has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in connection with his work representing Falun Gong practitioners. He has appealed. He is a prisoner of conscience. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA36/006/2009/en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE14/037/2009/en The Iraqi authorities are preparing to execute hundreds of prisoners, including 17 women. They have exhausted all their appeals, and could be put to death at any time. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/victims-peru-amazon-violence-deserve-justice-without-discrimination-20091 The Peruvian authorities must conduct investigationsinto the deaths of all those killed during violence at a road blockadeled by Amazon Indigenous peoples in June. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/067/2009/en Human rights activist Huang Qi, who gave legal advice to victims of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment following an unfair trial. He is a prisoner of conscience, and should be released immediately and unconditionally. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/120/2009/en Since the attacks of 11 September 2001, which Amnesty International condemned as a crime against humanity, the organization has been calling on the US government to ensure that the USA’s counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices, including bringing to justice in fair trials those accused of involvemen Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International