http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2040/2058/1922/2011 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/168/2008/en Ebrahim Mehrnehad, a member of the Baluchi minority in Iran, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, two of them suspended. Fazlorahman Jahras, Abdollah Salarzahi and Asadollah Shahbaksh, members of the Baluchi minority, have been released. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/president-elect-obama-recommits-closing-guantanamo-ending-torture+-20081118 'Early action' promised on closing the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay and ensuring that the USA does not resort to torture. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR43/003/2008/en Women’s human rights defender Patricia Orozco has received death threats and threats of sexual violence by phone and text (SMS) message, in an apparent attempt to stop her from campaigning on the right of women and girls to access safe and effective sexual and reproductive health services. She is at risk o Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/refugees-held-thailand-must-freed-20081117 Ninety-two children are among a group of 158 Lao Hmong refugees whohave been held under harsh conditions at a detention centre in Thailand for two years. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/amnesty-international-welcomes-commitment-close-guant-namo-20081117 President-elect Obama’s statement in a CBS interview yesterday that he will follow through on his commitment to close the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay is an important step in the right direction, Amnesty International said today. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/059/2008/en On 17 April, five members of Me’ phaa Indigenous People’s Organization (OPIM) were detained and charged with the murder of Alejandro Feliciano García on 1 January 2008 in the village of El Camalote, Guerrero state. Amnesty International has adopted all five indigenous rights activists as prisoners of c Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR25/012/2008/en At least 15 members of the Oromo ethnic group have been arrested in the capital Addis Ababa and also reportedly in eastern and western parts of the Oromia region of Ethiopia, since around 30 October 2008. Most are reportedly held incommunicado in detention facilities in Addis Ababa, including Maikelawi, wher Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR54/005/2008/en Thousands of women in Armenia are regularly subjected to violence within their families. Women who try to defend themselves from violence and seek justice face multiple barriers. It is difficult to report violence in the family as a crime because it is neither defined in law nor clearly condemned as a crime. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/167/2008/en Prisoner of conscience, Abbas Lisani, who is a prominent activist for the rights of the Iranian Azerbaijani minority, was released from Yazd Prison in central Iran, on 29 October 2008 after serving two consecutive sentences totalling 30 months’ imprisonment. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/harsh-sentences-myanmar-dissidents-20081113 Fourteen dissidents are sentenced to 65 years' imprisonment each, as Myanmar's military government ignores calls bythe international community to clean up its human rights record. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International