http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2039/2057/1908 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR22/002/2008/en Documentary filmmaker Elena Varela López was released on 13 August, after more than three months in custody. She is now subject to aresto domiciliario nocturna (house arrest between 10pm and 8am), and arraigo nacional (she cannot leave the country). Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International 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/news-and-updates/news/sudan-holds-hundreds-without-charge-after-10-may-attack-20080820 After eight alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement were sentenced to death by Sudan's Anti-Terrorism Special Courts, the government prepares to try another 109. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/122/2008/en Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE24/026/2008/en Political activist Mesha'l al-Tammo, who is a member of Syria’s Kurdish minority, has not been seen since the early hours of 15 August 2008, when he set off from the northern city of 'Ein al-'Arab (known in Kurdish as Qobani). He is believed to have been detained by Syrian security police and to be at risk Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/121/2008/en On 14 August, Mohammad Feda'i’s execution was stayed for another month. Mohammad Feda’i is now facing execution in mid-September, if his family and relatives of the boy he was convicted of killing do not agree on the payment of diyeh (financial compensation). Tue, 19 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/MDE13/118/2008/en Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/036/2008/en 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 him, and told him to stay out of their business. Amnesty International has been informed that as of yet no police investigation has been initiated Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/115/2008/en 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 of August, and his file has since been sent to the Head of the Judiciary for final approval. He is in imminent danger of execution. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International