http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2035 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA23/008/2008/en Despite the legal protection for Indigenous Peoples, including in terms of land ownership, land grabbing, land disputes and development projects are escalating in the northeast of the country, from where an increasing number of forced evictions from land is reported. This document urges the government of Cam Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA23/009/2008/en On 6 February 2007 the municipality of Phnom Penh entered into a 99-year lease contract with a company whose development plan risks displacing between 3,000 and 4,200 families. Some authorities have assured NGOs and communities that there will be no eviction, while others have escorted villagers to a newly b Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/breakthrough-canadian-indigenous-rights-flashpoint-20080314 An Indigenous Canadian community’s longstanding campaign to stopclear-cut logging on its land has prompted a multinational papercompany to stop buying wood fibre from the area. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/rape-ever-present-danger-darfurs-women At least 2.3 million people have been displaced by the conflict inDarfur; most nowlive in more than 65 camps dotted around Darfur. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/why-amnesty-international-davos-20080125 Judit Arenas writes from the World Economic Forum in Davos about talking to those that can take steps to improve human rights – not just governments, but also companies. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/world-leaders-urged-tackle-musharraf-world-economic-forum-20080123 Irene Khan has written to world political and business leaders, callingon them to raise the issue of Pakistan's human rights situation withPresident Musharraf at the World Economic Forum. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR23/031/2007/en Adán Alberto Pacheco Rodríguez, a former leader of the electricity workers' union, was shot dead on 2 May 2005 by two gunmen. Two days later a written death threat against trade unionists was received from a paramilitary group. Trade unionists in Colombia are at grave risk of human rights abuses. Successiv Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA16/014/2007/en Amnesty International is urging the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a mandatory arms embargo on Myanmar. States, in particular China, India, and Asean States in addition to Russia, Serbia and Ukraine, must cease forthwith the involvement of their agencies, companies and nationals in the Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR54/049/2007/en Dr Mohamed Jalal Ahmed Hashim was released on 25 August Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/029/2007/en Amnesty International has prepared the present briefing in order to highlight human rights concerns associated with La Parota hydroelectric dam. It focuses in particular on the rights of affected communities to information, to participation in decisions on development projects which affect the exercise of th Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International