Recent publications
- Iran: The 20th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre"
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 13/118/2008. 19 August 2008. Iran: The 20 th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre". ...
19 Aug 2008 Document MDE 13/118/2008
- Thailand: Torture
The five Muslim university students named above were detained on the morning of 15 August by a military unit that had previously tortured two of them. The group ...
18 Aug 2008 Urgent Action ASA 39/006/2008
- Sudan: African Union must demonstrate its commitment to tackle ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 54/036/2008. 18 August 2008. Sudan: African Union must demonstrate its commitment ...
18 Aug 2008 Document AFR 54/036/2008
- Indonesia: Investigate Police Shooting of Peaceful Papuan ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 18 August 2008. Index number: ASA 21/017/2008. Indonesia: Investigate Police Shooting of Peaceful Papuan Protester. ...
18 Aug 2008 Document ASA 21/017/2008
- Mexico: Intimidation/Ill-treatment
Primary school teacher Dante Valdez was attacked on 13 August by a group of about 30 people. The attackers, most of whom work for a local mine, pushed and kicked ...
18 Aug 2008 Urgent Action AMR 41/036/2008
- Iran: Death Penalty: Kamal (m)
Seventeen-year-old barber's assistant Kamal was sentenced to death for murder on 12 April 2008. His death sentence was approved by the Supreme Court at the beginning ...
15 Aug 2008 Urgent Action MDE 13/115/2008
- Mexico: Women's struggle for safety and justice: Violence in the ...
Amnesty International is campaigning for the federal and state authorities to adopt the measures required to comply with the principles of new federal legislation ...
15 Aug 2008 ActionDocument AMR 41/035/2008
- Iran: Further information on fear of torture or other ill ...
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 ...
15 Aug 2008 Urgent Action MDE 13/116/2008
- Iran: Further information on death penalty/imminent execution ...
Juvenile offender Amir Amrollahi's death sentence received final approval from the Head of the Judiciary earlier this month. He was sentenced to death for a murder ...
15 Aug 2008 Urgent Action MDE 13/114/2008
- USA: Military judge hears allegations of ill-treatment of teenager ...
On 13 and 14 August 2008 in the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a military judge considered pre-trial issues in the case of Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan national ...
15 Aug 2008 Report AMR 51/094/2008
