http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2075/2034/2044/2045/1827 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE18/003/2008/en Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/russia-and-georgia-background-conflict-20080812 After months of increased tension, and recent low-level hostilities,the conflict between Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetiaescalated in the early morning of 8 August 2008. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/trapped-collective-punishment-gaza-20080812 The blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip over a year ago hasleft the population of 1.5 million Palestinians trapped withdwindling resources and an economy in ruins. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR56/005/2008/en The lives of civilians in the disputed region of South Ossetia and in Georgia are at risk. Heavy civilian casualties have been reported as a result of fighting between Georgian and Russian forces which has escalated over the past few days. Although reports of civilian dead and wounded vary, with numbers and Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/georgia-and-russia-must-protect-civilians-south-ossetia-2008081 Amnesty International has called on all sides to the conflict in SouthOssetia to fully respect international humanitarian law in order thatcivilians are protected from hostilities. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/no-moving-backwards-myanmar-20080808 Twenty years after the brief flowering of people power in Myanmar,however, little has improved for the millions of people still sufferingunder repressive rule. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/092/2008/en Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/mexican-national-executed-in-texas-20080807 José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA’s internationallegal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to bestopped. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/109/2008/en Seven members of the Baha’i religious minority have been charged with vaguely worded charges relating to national security. According to press reports, Tehran's deputy prosecutor claimed that they had “confessed” to setting up an illegal organisation in Iran that took orders from Israel and other state Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE21/004/2008/en At least 200 people are still detained in the Gaza Strip, after a crackdown by the ruling Hamas de facto administration on political activists and armed militia members affiliated with the Fatah party. Detainees are held incommunicado without their legal rights and many are believed to have been tortured. Mo Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International