http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1922 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR41/030/2008/en Amnesty International welcomes the substantive exchange that took place and the positive commitments made by the government. The organization urges the Pakistan government to immediately resolve all acts of enforced disappearance and to pursue its work o a proposal to commute the death penalty to life impris Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA33/017/2008/en Journalist Rehmat Shah Afridi was released on parole on 24 May 2008. He had served nine years of a life sentence handed down in June 2004 by the Lahore High Court when it commuted his death sentence. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA33/016/2008/en Pakistani national Ghulam Haider is facing extradition to Iran, where he would risk being tortured or sentenced to death. This is believed to be a case of mistaken identity, as the deportation order names an Iranian national, Abdul Hameed Regi Shifa. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/different-voices-20080602 The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guantánamo on 24 August 2006, were guests when Amnesty International presented Report 2008 to the media.  Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/005/2008/en Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT40/008/2008/en Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT40/008/2008/en States have agreed that no circumstances, not even war or public emergency that “threatens the life of the nation”, could be employed to justify the use of torture or other ill-treatment. The “war on terror” has presented a new and acute threat to the international prohibition of torture and other il Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/005/2008/en Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA33/015/2008/en Akhtar Mengal was released on 9 May 2008, after the Sindh government withdrew the charges against him. On 21 April the Balochistan government had also withdrawn all charges against Mengal, who is the leader of the Balochistan National Party and former Chief Minister of Balochistan. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT53/003/2008/en 1) Liberia: Death penalty for armed robbery debated in the Senate 2) Cuba: President will commute death sentences 3) Guatemala: Bill allowing resumption of execution fails 4) US Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality of lethal injection ends unofficial moratorium on executions 5) US (North Carolina): Two Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International