http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2040/2041/2054/2058/2011/1893 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR20/005/2008/en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA35/003/2008/en At least 200 political killings and over 200 enforced disappearances have reportedly occurred in the Philippines since 2001. Few effective investigations have been conducted and the arrest, prosecution and conviction of those responsible are rare. Many cases are never brought to court due to a lack of eviden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA35/004/2008/en Reports show that cases of political killings are routinely delayed at all stages of investigation and prosecution. Nelson Asucena was Chair of The Youth Council in his local village government. On 13 December 2006, six armed men in camouflage uniforms shot him dead outside his home. This case card calls on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/25-years-remembering-the-disappeared-20080829 Since the International Day of the Disappeared was started in 1983, the government practice of kidnapping, abducting or detaining people andholding them in secret has continued and spread as more countriesaccept and justify this crime. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/uk-government-must-provide-information-about-rendition-disappearance-and Amnesty International calls on the government of the UK to givethe lawyers for Binyam Mohamed, a former UK resident imprisoned atGuantánamo Bay, information which might help him toshow that he has been a victim of torture and other ill-treatment inthe US-led programme of renditions and secret detentio Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/life-sentences-for-argentinean-military-officers-20080829 Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR25/001/2008/en A Cuban musician who is an outspoken critic of the Cuban government has been arrested and faces up to four years in prison. Amnesty International is concerned that Gorki Águila may have been arrested solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression and may not receive a fair trial. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/POL36/002/2008/en Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/POL36/003/2008/en Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/POL36/001/2008/en Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International