http://www.amnesty.org/en/adv_search/feed/library Download Documents from Amnesty International Library Search Results en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/003/2009/en Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/increasing-sorcery-related-killings-papua-new-guinea-20090211 Over 50 people were killed after literal witch hunts in 2008. Further killings related to allegations of sorcery have happened already this year. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/papua-new-guinea-authorities-must-act-now-prevent-more-witch-hunts-20090 The government of Papua New Guinea must act now to end a rash of more than 50 killings related to allegations of sorcery, Amnesty International said today. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT50/007/2007/en Amnesty International opposes the death penalty without reservation as a violation of the right to life. Amnesty International argues that every execution is a violation of basic human rights. Any potential increase in executions or lobbying for the death penalty as a result of the use of lethal injection is Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT50/009/2007/en Amnesty International considers the death penalty to be the ultimate, cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, and works for an end to executions and the abolition of the death penalty everywhere. This action focuses upon the participation of health professionals in executions, particularly by lethal Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/papua-new-guinea Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/004/2006/en Although gender-based violence is pervasive in Papua New Guinea, many women are also active and vocal agents of change, engaged in a struggle to build safer homes and communities. Although they are grossly under-represented in national and provincial parliaments, in local government, in village courts, in th Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/007/2006/en Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/002/2006/en This report explores how the State and civil society in Papua New Guinea are responding to gender-based violence against women. All States have a duty under international human rights law to prevent, prohibit and punish violence against women and to provide redress. Amnesty International found that in practi Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/005/2006/en In the second week of November 2005, Anna Benny, a human rights defender from Goroka town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, disappeared. Reliable sources have now reported that Anna went to the assistance of her sister-in-law who was being held in a house and attacked on suspicion of practising s Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International