http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2060/1896 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/006/2008/en Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/119/2008/en Mahboubeh Karami was charged within the past week with "acting against national security," and the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad has scheduled her next hearing for 1 November, according to her lawyer. She has been held in Evin Prison in Tehran since 13 June. Amnesty International believes the charge is fals Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/035/2008/en Amnesty International is campaigning for the federal and state authorities to adopt the measures required to comply with the principles of new federal legislation on violence against women and, in this way, to make a positive change in the lives of women survivors of domestic violence in Mexico. As well as a Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/116/2008/en Kurdish women's rights activist Zeynab Bayzeydi has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment, and internal exile to the Turkish-speaking city of Zanjan, 246 km from her home, by Mahabad Revolutionary Court. Her family learned of this on 10 August 2008 when they went to the court to find out how her trial h Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/suspension-stoning-executions-welcome-step-if-carried-out-20080815 Amnesty International has welcomed last week's announcement by thespokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary that execution by stoning has beensuspended. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/major-step-forward-paraguays-investigations-sexual-slavery-girls-20080814 Julia Ozorio Gamecho is the first woman to tell the Truth and Justice Commission about how she was sexually abused by the military during General Alfredo Stroessner'sregime. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/007/2008/en Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/022/2008/en Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/022/2008/en Amnesty International believes that Mexico has made some important advances in recent years in defending women’s right to freedom from violence. In June 2008, wholesale reform of the criminal justice system began. Amnesty Internationals hopes this will also lead to strengthened investigation and prosecutio Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/women-mexico-let-down-failures-justice-system-20080801 Thousands of Mexican women who face violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International